This is going to be the year of the Uber at DEFCON.
DEFCON is a conference held yearly in Las Vegas involving internet security professionals. That is what it has become. It started as an official party location for hackers but even hackers grow up and become respectable. This is the 25th year. My son has been bringing me since DEFCON 9. It is an annual pilgrimage for us.
This year we decided to use UBER instead of renting a car. It remains to be seen if it is cheaper or not. If you are a technology dinosaur and don’t have a geek in the family, don’t even consider it. Using UBER requires a smart phone and a credit card. It involves punching a few buttons and waiting a few minutes. So far it has worked well.
If you ever decide to use it keep in mind that during areas of intense usage they have a “multiplier” that adds to the basic fee. That hit us the first time we used it to get home from the airport in LA during rush hour. It has not come into play here, yet.
It works well for us here in Las Vegas but I would not want to become dependent on it. It is a wonderful tool for the day that Big Brother gets really serious about watching you. My son showed me how he could go back for years and show me maps of every trip he has taken on UBER. If they know, THEY know.
Welcome to 1984.
homo unius libri
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