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
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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?
Who Was William L. Parker?
On August 21st, 1872, William L. Parker signed over a small patch of land on the northern end of his farm to the small congregation that would make up what was then called Oakland Church. He not only donated the land, he was also listed as one of the chief contributors to the building fund….
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.
Facebook and The Forensics of Phantom Buyers
In April this year I wrote an article on what I call “phantom buyers”, these pretend accounts on Facebook that exploit security vulnerabilities in Facebook’s Marketplace. I have been heavily engaged in Facebook’s Marketplace for the past few months because we are preparing to move back to Missouri. So I have been quite intrigued by the frequent encounters with “phantom buyer