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On Sunday December 31 2023, August Abolins said the following...

 AA> So.. are you familiar with it?   It is an interesting techo-
 AA> thriller with almost-sufficient-enough technical explanation.

Yeah, I've read/listened to Daemon, Zero Day & Freedom.  They were recommended
on the Security Now podcast several years ago and I quite liked them all.  I
remember a couple of times reading before bed doing the "just one more
chapter" thing.

 AA> The only part that I found hard believing were the AutoM8s and
 AA> the killer motorcycles.

 AA> The "reverse concept" of a backdoor seemed unique and well
 AA> imagined.

That's what I liked about these books, they're written by people who work in
tech so the technology they describe is at least realistic/believable even if
they do take some creative liberties.

 AA> I thought this was interesting too:

 AA> "Daniel Suarez (born December 21, 1964) is a former American
 AA> information technology consultant turned author. He initially
 AA> published under the pseudonym Leinad Zeraus (his name spelled
 AA> backwards)."

His name is at least passable when spelled backwards.  Yaj Sirrah or Nosaj
Sirrah doesn't have quite the same ring to it.


Jay

... Did the Autobot that turns into an ambulance even do EMT training?
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