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Zombie Slot Machine

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Loren Miller May 14. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Tristan Harris shows that using your smart phone is as addictive as playing a slot machine.How…Continue

Tags: app design, mind manipulation

Shopping for a VPN

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Apr 9. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Fake VPN services are popping up after GOP Congress kills privacy rulesLast week, Congress …Continue

Tags: VPNs, ISPs selling personal data, net neutrality

Beyond fake news, bot networks, and trolls - to automated behavior manipulation

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Apr 1. 4 Replies 1 Like

The Rise of the Weaponized AI Propaganda MachineCambridge Analytica, a new automated propaganda machine poised to manage White House digital…Continue

Tags: weaponized AI propaganda machine

CIA cyberwarfare on us

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Bertold Brautigan Mar 9. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Just in case you feel the current administration doesn't have enough power, we find out that the CIA can take control of your iPhone and Twitter account, or watch you through your smart Samsung TV, at will. Moreover, the vulnerabilities they…Continue

Tags: cyber weapons, cyberwarfare, spyware, weaponized Apple, Google, and Microsoft vulnerabilities

AI against trolls

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Mar 8. 0 Replies 1 Like

Now Anyone Can Deploy Google’s Troll-Fighting AIHorray! I hope this works!A Google offshoot called Jigsaw declared war on trolls, launching a…Continue

Tags: troll control, Jigsaw

In the US, Ads watch YOU!

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Joseph P Jan 23. 1 Reply 1 Like

Secret signals between your TV, computer, laptop, smartphone, etc, so corporations can follow your every move. Creepy!…Continue

Tags: spyware apps

Magnet Toys

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Joseph P Jan 12. 1 Reply 1 Like

Neat video siteShort story: We’re a group of three university students from Norway who have for 3 years worked with a magnetic game…Continue

Tags: Magination, magnetic toys

Cloud Hosting Infected

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Nov 1, 2016. 0 Replies 1 Like

'Lurking malice' in cloud hosting services, study findsMalware in cloud hosting services is going undetected.Overall, the researchers scanned more than…Continue

Tags: malicious software, cloud hosting

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Comment by Steph S. on February 5, 2012 at 11:37am: Thank you Scott - very cool!

Comment by Scott A. Hunt on February 5, 2012 at 10:08am

Comment by Crimson342 on February 5, 2012 at 5:13am: Thank you. :D

Comment by Steph S. on February 4, 2012 at 7:59pm: Daniel - welcome to the group!

Comment by Steph S. on February 4, 2012 at 7:20pm: Crimson342 - welcome to the group!

Comment by Steph S. on February 4, 2012 at 7:17pm: Welcome to the group new members!

Comment by Steph S. on February 4, 2012 at 3:08pm: Good one Ruth!

Comment by Idaho Spud on February 4, 2012 at 3:05pm: LOL Ruth. There is some logic to that answer, but I would guess that student got less than a stellar grade in math.