While I would love to write fiction every day, thirty-eight years of IT experience makes it difficult not to comment on what I observe in the IT world. The world breathes on social media. It affects what we know, what we think, and what we do. We are seeing before us how social media, with all it’s potential, can show the worst in humanity. Despite its fundamental propensity toward freedom, it can also be used to apply the most penetrating censorship and control. IT has introduced phenomenal innovation, yet with this new technology we face new challenges.
The Latest
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Did You Violate Copyright Standards? Another Scam?
It is rather alarming to get a message accusing you of “page harassment” and a “copyright infringement.” It is just one more scam in the world of Facebook.
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Parler Reborn. What happens to your personal information?
Ever wonder what happens to your information when a website goes out of business? Our personal information is an asset, and assets sell. Such is the case of Parler.
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Is a Website a Scam? The Case When It is Not So Clear
Ever encountered on the Internet a business and wondered if this website is a scam? The answers are not always cut and dried. Getting the big picture can help you avoid several pitfalls.
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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
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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.
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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?