[Cryptography] Great IoS quote from LCA 2017
james hughes
hughejp at me.com
Tue Jan 31 23:05:10 EST 2017
I fear this is straying away from the list's focus :-)
> On Jan 30, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1 at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> One CES2017 booth had a Bluetooth-controlled vibrator. By itself, this is unremarkable -- such devices have been on the market for several years. However, this particular company took things to a whole new level: a Strava-type *social network* on which one can not only upload their own activities for leaderboards, *but also download midi-like sequences from other Bluetooth vibrator users*. Apparently, music hasn't the only charms to soothe the savage beast!
The quote is "Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak". Which actually seems more appropriate to the subject. Anyway, human nature has not changed, just made more visible.
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