Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/lowes-pioneers-nearly-invisible-system-to-solve-organized-retail-crime?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxbusiness&utm_content=later-32677032&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Interesting. That will work for a small portion of retail theft. But I'm seeing stores locking up false eyelashes, razor blades, even tampons. Now we wait for all the conspiracy mongers to start screaming about how "they" want to control them and how they'll keep rebuilding their 1939 circular saws. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I can see it now. Your building a deck when all of a sudden your drill driver stops and you get a text telling you to pay a fee or you driver will be disabled forever. You recall hearing about this happening all over the US. You put your tools away then go out for beers with your buddies. Problem solved. Wife is ticked off. A few days later you contact the blackmailers and ask them to lock out your battery powered yard tools, but they refuse. So, you pay the money to get them to do it. They are confused but oblige… A new day has dawned. Forced goofing off. Oh, the humanity. 1 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I'm thinking smart gun technology....no thanks. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Actually. you pull out all the great old corded tools that were too reliable and useful to dispose of. and go about your business. I'd want one of the new tools about as much as I want a car that will shut itself off at a light or in traffic. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 41 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: Actually. you pull out all the great old corded tools that were too reliable and useful to dispose of. and go about your business. I'd want one of the new tools about as much as I want a car that will shut itself off at a light or in traffic. Don't forget the 20 mile extension cord. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) John Deere put that in their new tractors in Ukraine. Russians stole the tractors and sent them back to Russia. JD disabled them. Should have done it to washing machines too. Edited January 31 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Anybody want to buy a router, cheap? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 hours ago, LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L said: I'm thinking smart gun technology....no thanks. This without a doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 The system will be bypassed and hacked by some smart person and then spread on the internet How To's 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 53 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: The system will be bypassed and hacked by some smart person and then spread on the internet How To's That is true enough!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 26 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: That is true enough!! Shame.....all that theft eventually causes all of us to pay more to cover it. There's only 25m Aussies yet there is around $12b in theft from retail per annum.....looks like our convict heritage hasn't completely died out. 1 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 17 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: Shame.....all that theft eventually causes all of us to pay more to cover it. There's only 25m Aussies yet there is around $12b in theft from retail per annum.....looks like our convict heritage hasn't completely died out. Throughout the years criminals have figured out the new technology to continue their crimes. Telegraph, phones etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Remember when keurig 2.0 only worked with 'approved' pods? If you took the foil top off and taped it in place you could use whatever you wanted. The foil had rfid chip in it. This is not good tech, rfid interrupting the use of a tool that I bought and own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Mercy, SASS #29066 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I can see it being perverted into the scam some of the Euro car companies are running; want that drill-driver to turn an extra 300 RPM? Five bucks a month subscription. You need that charger to fill up that battery quicker? A mere 24 dollars a year makes it a reality! And I completely agree with others that the tech will simply be hacked and become a moot point except to create issues for honest consumers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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