Remote-control rickshaws and rogue book marketers

Smashing Security by Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault

Jul 15, 202638:11Technology

An app has appeared in India that lets anyone with a smartphone stop a passing e-rickshaw dead in its tracks - no login, no passwords, no permissions needed. Meanwhile, Geoff - swimming in money and Lamborghinis, as all...

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