A couple of months ago, I got an online subscription to WIRED magazine. As a thank-you gift, I was sent a YubiKey. When I received it,…
Month: August 2018
When it comes to digital equity, “Net Neutrality” gets most of the headlines, with some secondary attention paid to the Lifeline program — telephone and internet…
You’ve probably heard of SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology, which allows for the “S” part of the “https” address you’ve now seen everywhere. However, not…
Late Sunday evening, Apple removed Alex Jones’ Infowars podcasts from its iTunes and Podcasts library; Facebook and YouTube quickly followed in line (as did Spotify,…
OPLIN 4Cast #605: The use of facial recognition is getting creepier
Posted in 4cast, and facial recognition
We’ve covered facial recognition in the 4Cast before, but this week we’re taking another look, after Amazon’s facial recognition wrongly identified 28 members of Congress…