the future's great until you're on GPRS
Caroline O'Donovan @ceodonovan
29 Jul 2017
i used a new car share app to rent a car and took it to the country and now it won't turn on bc it doesn't have service and i am stranded

Jul 30, 2017 · 1:37 PM UTC

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this just reminds me of the dude who got locked out of his tesla in the middle of the desert telegraph.co.uk/technology/2…
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hi device makers feel free to use the cloud but pls, store the encryption keys on device so customers can use shit if the internet breaks
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so why make a key for your phone
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Seems like the kind of thing the layman wouldn't notice tbh
Replying to @internetofshit
Anyone who lives in the country can tell you this. We are a long LONG way from full broadband/4G penetration.
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Replying to @internetofshit
What is a "car share app?"
Replying to @internetofshit
I used to make a J2ME app that used GPRS. 9600 baud easily enough for sending keys....but coders needlessly bloat the communications.
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:/ I remember it 9600 - though looking at wikipedia, this would have been CSD. 9600= 2000 decimal digits/sec. plenty.
Replying to @internetofshit
Because GPRS/1xRTT won't exist much longer (it's already gone if you're on AT&T or an MVNO thereof.)
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