Don’t forget to RSVP for our February 14th meeting. Details are here. There will be a sign-up sheet at the meeting for working the AMW booth at the Tucson Festival of Books, so work some time into your schedule to hang out with us! The TFOB presentation schedule can be found here.
Our 2015 short story contest is now open! Deadline is June 1, so get those ideas pumping. More information on the contest page.
Our link roundup today is focused on the technical. The more stuff is computer-run, the more vulnerable to hacking society is:
The next frontier of hacking: your car. Car systems are linking more and more to the internet, leaving space for hackers to get in. This has huge implications for self-driven cars, particularly. But you don’t have to look ahead to use this in a story – this article points out that those insurance company-provided plug-ins (that give them data to potentially lower your insurance bill) have no security, and have the potential to be hacked with the right know-how.
Cars not your thing? “Smart homes” are vulnerable too. The newest security measures listed in this article are interesting too. Could the “FakeTV” and other automated systems provide your suspect with an alibi?
