As I started my career in computer security in the 1990s I felt like I was quite late to the party; had to catch up to the many experts who brought deep experience over decades of practice. Instead I’ve realized over time that showing up late doesn’t mean that you aren’t also, at the same … Continue reading A Quick Guide to Digital Misinformation
The gap (from empiricists like Austrian philosopher Karl Popper) described in a fun philosophy article about Hegel is exactly why big data security is failing so badly (the book I’ve been writing for a decade). His philosophy was seen as the epitome of a grand metaphysical system purporting to lay out a priori the fundamental … Continue reading Does Hegel’s Philosophy Crack the Big Data Security Nut?
Catchy title, no? But seriously, cars (from the old word carriage) also are called automobiles because they automate mobility, kind of like robots that move people. I’m calling a car a robot because that’s really what it is. In the recent case of Tiger Woods, his robot sent him at high speed off the road. … Continue reading Did a Robot Just Try to Kill Tiger Woods?
I keep reading the following sentence in safety reports about Tesla, but only about Tesla: NHTSA reports an average of one accident per 484,000 miles. Do you see the NHTSA reporting that anywhere? I do not. And I do not see any other car manufacturer quoting this number either. I see only a sentence Tesla … Continue reading True/False? “NHTSA reports an average of one accident per 484,000 miles”