A Key development at BMW
Discussion
Taken from Computer Weekly,
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/01/31/...
So BMW are developing a key that can act as not just a means of locking/unlocking/starting your car but will take the role of giving you access to your bank account, your house, your phone and your hotel room among other things.
This all sounds wonderful and I am not adverse to new technology but it does beg the question what the hell happens if you were to lose your key? You could end up not just car less but penniless to and how much do you reckon it will cost to get a new key "cut" as such.
What do we think then, is it too risky integrating so many aspects of our life into one bit of plastic?
DAVE
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/01/31/...
So BMW are developing a key that can act as not just a means of locking/unlocking/starting your car but will take the role of giving you access to your bank account, your house, your phone and your hotel room among other things.
This all sounds wonderful and I am not adverse to new technology but it does beg the question what the hell happens if you were to lose your key? You could end up not just car less but penniless to and how much do you reckon it will cost to get a new key "cut" as such.
What do we think then, is it too risky integrating so many aspects of our life into one bit of plastic?
DAVE
Be cheaper for them to sell an app to start their cars.
People already have a lot of info on their phones (too much imho), it would be easier to add an app to the phone than to add a load of info onto the key!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/viper-smartstart/id...
People already have a lot of info on their phones (too much imho), it would be easier to add an app to the phone than to add a load of info onto the key!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/viper-smartstart/id...
Nothing a pin number or password won't sort.
I'd love to see something like this, though I prefer the idea of being able to do everything via my mobile phone. Something like an iPhone with NFC ability and / or RFID that could be used for payment of groceries / services etc, car keys etc.
Given how portable and powerful they're becoming, and the fact they've already assumed the role of camera, mp3 player, sat nav, gaming device, office device, email client, bar code scanner, storage [ad infinitum] for so many people, it's a logical outcome I'd have thought if it could be done securely - which shouldn't be a problem.
South Korea is a massive eye opener for this sort of thing. If there were a standardised set of protocols for it the possibilities are endless really.
I'd love to see something like this, though I prefer the idea of being able to do everything via my mobile phone. Something like an iPhone with NFC ability and / or RFID that could be used for payment of groceries / services etc, car keys etc.
Given how portable and powerful they're becoming, and the fact they've already assumed the role of camera, mp3 player, sat nav, gaming device, office device, email client, bar code scanner, storage [ad infinitum] for so many people, it's a logical outcome I'd have thought if it could be done securely - which shouldn't be a problem.
South Korea is a massive eye opener for this sort of thing. If there were a standardised set of protocols for it the possibilities are endless really.
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