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Category: Technology
This section focuses on technology. The writer had a long career in IT. Here you will find articles on security, social media, documentation and how technology has affected our lives.
Keeping Score – Solving the Problem of Fake Accounts
Social media is flooded with fake accounts. One way of solving that riddle is to introduce a scale, or a score, that will verify that the account is a real person or busin
The Trials of Alaska Communications (ACS)
For most of my IT career I worked in some aspect of security. I have seen some pretty strange stuff but ranking near the top is the way ACS handles the customer’s password.
Big Tech Cancellation: The Case of the Racist Doorbell
What do you do when Big Tech cuts off your access to security and communication services?
Facebook and Death
I recently posted invites to a garage sale. I created an event in Facebook which eventually presented an opportunity to designate who will receive the invite. Amongst the list of friends I counted seven that I knew had been deceased.