Anatomy of a recent AI robocall and how I responded to it
Cambridge Honda made a totally illegal AI robocall to me inviting me to tell my vehicle to them. I’m going to sue them under the TCPA. Want to join me?
Category Archives: Computers
New: WP+Masto POSSE — publish to both WordPress and Mastodon
A few days ago, I asked the fediverse if anyone knew of a tool I could use to publish an article on my blog and publish the same article as a thread on Mastodon. I already have a way to post summaries of and links to my blog postings into my Mastodon account. I’ve also already set… Read More: New: WP+Masto POSSE — publish to both WordPress and Mastodon »
New Thunderbird Extension: Per Folder Preferences
An extension to automatically adjust global Thunderbird preferences based on the mail folder you’re currently working in.
AI’s going really well, eh?
To illustrate how well AI is going, here’s a prime example of the confidently wrong phenomenon, a.k.a. mansplaining as a service… I asked free Microsoft Copilot Chat: if I rename a shared file in Google Drive, does the name change for just me or everyone? The correct answer is that in fact it does change… Read More: AI’s going really well, eh? »
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.
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.