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bugshaw at 09:31am on 01/11/2006
bugshaw at 09:31am on 01/11/2006No lectures today, so I stayed up late working and set my alarm for a decidedly decadent 10a.m.
At 08:30, I was woken by the doorbell. People only ring the doorbell in the morning when I'm not up yet, causing a bleary-eyed dash downstairs and the squirmy sort of door-opening where you try to deal with the caller while only allowing half your face to show. (Maybe I should hang my dressing gown next to the front door, instead of in the bedroom wardrobe.) I swear they can tell when my alarm is set for.
And this, my friends, is what we are letting ourselves in for in the brave new age of IP-enabled RFID devices: the postman can scan your house and see if you are awake yet, before ringing the bell. The RFID scanner in your front door can sound an alarm if you leave without your keys/bus pass/whichever items are on your "must-have" list. The unscrupulous can tell what guests are bringing into the house. Burglars can hack your door and see if it's safe to enter. But excuse me, the fridge fell for a phishing scam last week, and there's someone at the door with two hundred tins of Spam.
At 08:30, I was woken by the doorbell. People only ring the doorbell in the morning when I'm not up yet, causing a bleary-eyed dash downstairs and the squirmy sort of door-opening where you try to deal with the caller while only allowing half your face to show. (Maybe I should hang my dressing gown next to the front door, instead of in the bedroom wardrobe.) I swear they can tell when my alarm is set for.
And this, my friends, is what we are letting ourselves in for in the brave new age of IP-enabled RFID devices: the postman can scan your house and see if you are awake yet, before ringing the bell. The RFID scanner in your front door can sound an alarm if you leave without your keys/bus pass/whichever items are on your "must-have" list. The unscrupulous can tell what guests are bringing into the house. Burglars can hack your door and see if it's safe to enter. But excuse me, the fridge fell for a phishing scam last week, and there's someone at the door with two hundred tins of Spam.