Publications
November 22, 2018
Weekly Report 18-48
MOST CYBERATTACKS PREY ON HUMAN FALLIBILITY.” The latest model is ‘Executive Impersonation’ which, “unlike a typical scam email which may have poor grammar or overly suspicious requests, is convincing because the criminals spend time figuring out the corporate culture and common phrases & terms used by employees.” The scam involves an email from someone in... Continue
November 17, 2018
Weekly Report 18-47
TODAY’S EROSION OF CIVIL SOCIETY is the byproduct and unintended consequence of “addictive technologies, chronic economic stress, and greater mobility – collectively leading to erosion of community and replacement with government and corporate structures.” Where traditional communities centered around public spaces (churches, town squares, marketplaces), social centers now emanate from corporate-owned spaces which “foster 24/7... Continue
November 9, 2018
Weekly Report 18-46
DUMPING ADULT ANXIETIES OVER EXISTING SOCIAL PROBLEMS ON CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS was priority again this Halloween season among instructors & administrators from grade school thru college & university levels, who focused on “raw cultural appropriation… by warning students about not dressing as Indian chiefs/Mexican bandits/the Black Panther/ princess Moana, wearing hoop earrings or dreadlocks,... Continue
November 1, 2018
Weekly Report 18-45
BOTAGEDDON IS COMING. Latest California law now requires BOTS – autonomous programs that can interact with computer systems, particularly internet users, to “self-identify.” Starting July 2019, platforms with over 10 million unique monthly U.S. visitors require Automated Accounts “to provide a clear, conspicuous and reasonably designed disclosure that they are non-human.” The law specifically... Continue
October 24, 2018