Category: 9/11

How legendary hackers wound up working for the CIA

Post author By Randall
Post date August 10, 2019
Categories In 9/11, cia, column, cult of the dead cow, hacking, hitting the books, hittingthebooks, joseph menn, mudge, public afairs, Security, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the Worldby Joseph Menn The internet as we know it today would not exist but for the Cult of the Dead Cow. The cDc is among America’s oldest and most venerated hacking collectives. They invented hackivism, helped develop Tor, forced Microsoft […]

YouTube’s fact checking linked the Notre Dame fire to 9/11

Post author By Randall
Post date April 15, 2019
Categories In 9/11, fact check, fact checking, fake news, gear, Google, Internet, notre dame, services, Tech, wikipedia, Youtube

[ad_1] A YouTube spokesperson didn’t directly explain the cause to CNBC, but said that the company sometimes “make[s] the wrong call” with its algorithms. The incident underscores YouTube’s ongoing issues with automation. While the site needs algorithms to moderate the massive volumes of content uploaded every day, it’s not prepared to handle every possible situation […]