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: Internet
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? »
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.
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 »
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 »