Politics
Why It’s Time to Leave Twitter
In episode 355, Tom discusses his decision to deactivate his Twitter accounts due to privacy concerns with Twitter’s new AI policy and changes in the blocking features. He outlines the steps for ...
The Rise of AI Voicemail Scams, Political Donation Privacy Concerns
In episode 346, we discuss new AI-driven voicemail scams that sound convincingly real and how to identify them. We also explore recent research on the privacy concerns surrounding donations to political parties ...
Ensuring Election Security and Integrity
As the United States approaches the 2024 presidential election, the integrity of our electoral process remains a critical issue. Despite persistent claims and efforts to undermine public confidence, there is no credible ...
Emerald Divide Uses GenAI to Exploit Social, Political Divisions in Israel Using Disinformation
Bad actors are always ready to exploit political strife to their own ends. Right now, they’re doing so with the conflict in the Middle East. A holistic defense against influence networks requires ...
Gmail Lets Candidates Spam You — FEC FAIL
Politicians convinced the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that Google must give them a free pass through Gmail’s spam filters ...
Malware protection is easy – Malinformation protection is hard
Whenever it seems like the challenges of protecting my employer from risks to information security or business continuity are towering above me, I stop and ...
How the Tech Landscape Could Change Post-Election
With election season in full swing, we thought it might be fun to ask ourselves a hypothetical question: How might the technology landscape as we know it change if the current administration ...
Just how effective are Russian political social media ops?
There has been a lot of discussion (and hand wringing) over what seem to be concerted Russian “influence operations” aimed at US politics. Our Russian ...
Deepfakes – Welcome to the post truth society
I recently watched the New York Times’ Weekly episode “Deepfakes – Believe at Your Own Risk” and while I have been concerned about the implications ...
Americans don’t want their tax dollars paying off ransomware crooks
Ransomware operators have targeted more American intitutions than ever this year, including state and local government systems, school districts, healthcare facilities and other entities. And with the payouts circulated in the news, ...
