Futurecrime time: someone is going to murder someone else and soon, using an internet-connected device. So argues one cybersecurity firm.
Think about
a pacemaker that can be tuned remotely, an Internet-connected car that can have its control systems altered, or an IV drip that can be shut off with a click of a mouse.
Infocult: describing the future as it becomes history, scare by scare.
The pacemaker killing was depicted in an episode of the "Homeland" TV show a couple of weeks ago.
Posted by: Gabor | January 03, 2013 at 16:22
Also in the first John Rain novel, Rain Fall, by Barry Eisler back in 2002.
Posted by: Steven Kaye | January 04, 2013 at 10:16