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Security: Pros and Cons of White-Hat-Discovered Vulnerabilities

By Dick Weisinger

White-hat ethical hackers work to find vulnerabilities in popular apps and software and attempt to alert the authors of the problem to avoid future exploits from the Black-Hat hacker bad guys. Good in theory. But does this approach just tip…

Data Security: Centralizing Privacy Controls of all Web Sites

By Dick Weisinger

Privacy protection. Big Tech proudly argues that their apps provide users fine gain protection of their privacy. But, how to find where those controls are or understanding how to set them may not be as easy as it sounds. Sundar…

AI as Interviewer: Efficient and Fair or Biased and Opaque?

By Dick Weisinger

AI has become the preferred accelerator for automation and it is being applied now to the job interview, much to the chagrin of interviewees. As many as 83 percent of large businesses are using some type of AI within the…

Retail and Facial Recognition: How Much are You Willing to Give up for Convenience?

By Dick Weisinger

Your face is unique and AI is being perfected to recognize anyone’s face. As a biometric identifier, the capability of facial recognition is powerful, obsoleting the need for passwords, drivers licenses, and other identifiers. It makes things easier. It also…

Responsible AI: Doing it the Right Way

By Dick Weisinger

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being adopted by large numbers of organizations, governments and businesses and is being applied with great success to a myriad of types of problems. But many worry that if AI technology is not properly monitored, it…