1Password problems running tally
Ride along as I document the many problems, ranging from trivial to substantial, that I’ve run into with 1Password.
First Manufacturing Co. selling customer email addresses in violation of its own privacy policy
I used a unique, privacy-protecting email address at their site. Over a year later a different company that sells the same type of gear spammed that address.
When I complained to First Manufacturing about it, an AI answered.
Scam email I wrote about last week is part of an ongoing campaign
The scammers are getting better, but it’s not clear what their end goal is.
Hilariously bad scam email obviously written by AI
This email from “Michael Nussbaum”, allegedly a “Managing Partner, Executive Search & Strategic Advisory”, is chock-full of red flags. Either this is a scam, or Nussbaum is incompetent.
Standing up by sitting down
Near the start of our son’s graduation yesterday from the Jewish high school he attended for four years, after the graduates marched in, we were asked to stand for The Star Spangled Banner and Hatikvah. My wife, my son, and I remained seated. My daughter and her boyfriend stood for the Star Spangled Banner and… Read More: Standing up by sitting down »
Case study: straightforward tech question, genAI is repeatedly, confidently wrong
Without expertise, using genAI is a fool’s errand, and the grifters selling us genAI are bound and determined to destroy expertise.
Slate’s new privacy policy is a dumpster fire
Slate’s new privacy policy is riddled with errors. It’s astounding that they published something so terrible. They should be embarrassed and ashamed.
Comics Aggregator: missing Carolyn Hax chat for May 8 fixed
For those of you who read Carolyn Hax through the Comics Aggregator, note that the Carolyn Hax live chat for Friday, May 8 was missing from the aggregator because the Post published it with the wrong date (May 15 instead of May 8). This has now been fixed in the aggregator, so now if you… Read More: Comics Aggregator: missing Carolyn Hax chat for May 8 fixed »
I’m still an AI skeptic, but I have to admit this is kind of amazing
I can’t keep saying at work that generative AI can’t help people do their jobs better, because that’s clearly no longer true. That doesn’t make them OK, but it may make them inevitable.
Size matters
Eons ago, before the internet, Registry of Motor Vehicles records in most states were accessible to the public, but you had to actually go in person to the Registry to look up what you wanted to know. It was an inconvenient pain in the ass, but there were no viable alternatives. Then the internet arrived,… Read More: Size matters »