It’s the kind of battle where we shouldn’t be the spectators because we can’t afford to. Technology is a double edged sword and without the moral & ethical capacity to control its application (the What, When and How) and the boundaries involved it could prove to be the most damaging […]
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Facial Recognition Technology? NOT So Fast!
A brilliant introduction – as usual – by John Oliver host of Last Week Tonight of HBO about the ramifications of facial recognition on our privacy and freedoms which are in direct threat of this technology if left unregulated. As with many aspects of governance in this day and age […]
Read MoreA Short/Sweet BREXIT Weekend Nugget: A Sneak Preview at the State of British Politics
Now considering this is the weekend I am only going to make it short/simple by sharing a tweet by one of the Labour politicians – a Remainer – and my response tweet. You may all know by now that I am indeed a Remainer myself but NOT the EXIT BREXIT […]
Read MoreTechnology & Communication: Striking the Right Balance
I came across this very interesting Youtube clip about how communication/technology has transformed our lives in ways that are far from positive. It’s NOT that this is because technology is bad necessarily but rather how we apply – or rather should apply it – in a controlled/common sense manner when […]
Read MoreUS Intelligence Report on Russian Cyber Warfare and Implications on a NOT so Cold War
Without going into the details of the report which can be found here, I would rather focus my commentary on key indicators/observations; The Warm War: It is clear to me with the amount of materials I have read thus far on Cyber Threats & Information Warfare that the mindset of […]
Read MoreWho was behind ‘Queen is dead’ conspiracy hoax?: Commentary
A Combination of Self Regulation, Awareness & Report/Action Processes are needed now more than ever to reclaim/cleanse the web space irrespective of political ideology. I continue to focus on this issue of Disinformation on this website as one of the most dangerous phenomena’s we face today, particularly in this day-and-age where […]
Read MoreRussia’s ‘New’ Tools for Confronting the West: Information Warfare
Introduction To understand context of this series of posts on Information Warfare please read the Preface section which also includes original resources for these posts. These posts are not intended to be detailed but rather summarise key points of research papers as well as personal commentary that I are believe […]
Read MoreGoing Cyber: The New Way
Preface In this section (a bit long I have to admit) I would like to provide some background context in terms of Motives behind doing the research/posting this blog and the Format I intend to follow/reasoning behind it. Motives a) As some of you may know I am an IT […]
Read MoreRobots threaten $4 billion worth of upcoming Australian outsourcing deals: Commentary
While applying efficiencies through innovation/technology is indeed the future it is also critical that we do so in a prudent/incremental manner in line with socio-economic implications (re-aligning our labour force through re-training is a big part of the equation). We need to have a multi-dimensional view of progress otherwise innovation/technology […]
Read MoreiCloud-An "i" in the Cloud that makes a Hacker Proud
I recently had an extremely stressful experience when my main iCloud account was hacked. But then again, that is just the tip of iceberg in a saga that started over 2 months ago and I am “glad” to say its yet to be resolved. To be brief, beyond the shock […]
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