WOO ON TECH
Technology News for Busy People
Email Credential Theft is Still Hot
You would think that with all the money pouring into technology these days, we would figure out a way to stem the flood of hacking attempts, but it seems the tech bros are more focused on figuring out how replace humans with AI than keeping humans safe. And sadly, email compromises, and even more importantly,
- Published in Woo on Tech
How to live in a Post-Truth World
In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary named “post-truth” as its “Word of the Year.” At the time, AI generated content was crude and easy to spot, and when it was presented as “real” no one took it seriously. There were plenty of other things to worry about: Brexit, the Panama Papers, the deaths of David Bowie,
- Published in Woo on Tech
Scatological Devolution
- Published in Woo on Tech
Can you tell the difference?
I’ve been working in tech long enough to remember when “automation” meant macros in Excel and AI was still the stuff of sci-fi. Today, artificial intelligence is everywhere—from customer service chatbots to advanced data analytics, predictive modeling, and content creation. It’s no longer a niche tool; it’s a foundational layer in how businesses operate. And
- Published in elephant on the internet, Woo on Tech
The invisible algorithm bubble
Most of you have known about this aspect of Internet life for awhile now: everything we do is tracked, even in “incognito” mode and behind VPNs. And while some of the obvious indentifying bits of your transactions may be obscured by privacy tools most don’t even bother to use, everything we do is logged, categorized
- Published in Woo on Tech, algorithm, data privacy, elephant on the internet, social media
Security is about to get even more complicated
We’ve discussed in previous blogs how technology things seem to be getting worse from just about every angle, whether it’s cost, quality or security. We can attribute a large chunk of this downward trend to the increasing profitability of cybercrime, which is itself a vicious, amplifying spiral of escalation. The more we try to keep
- Published in Woo on Tech