Review of the WannaCry ransomware attack of 2017 and what is fundamentally wrong with how we utilize operating systems.
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.
Disaster Recovery — The Case of Parler
The day has now arrived where you will need to have alternative cloud and DNS registry platforms, as well as other redundancies.
The Invisible Hand
And so it is today we have the ugly head of monopolistic power being raised and the cry for anti-trust lawsuits to be levied against Amazon, Google, Facebook and Twitter. Is it really necessary?
Why Parler?
Elements of the Internet have obviously evolved to the status of “common carrier”. What was done to Parler violates, fundamentally, the principle of free speech. But it also demonstrates the monopolistic power of what is coined as Big Tech: Apple, Google, Amazon and an array of powerful Internet companies that can erase your existence on the Interne
Transparency
Now we have the Internet – where will it lead? Will we be mature enough, as a society, to handle the ongoing presentation of raw information? Will reactionary mobs be the norm, or can we engineer a system of governance that can more effectively respond to raw information?