Folks, we have been conned. Isn’t that what it’s called when you’ve been led to believe something that turns out to not be true: a “con” job?
I believe we have been conned into believing the internet can be trusted. I am often dismayed at how we as a society, and indeed the entire world, have been conned into basing our entire lives, economies and well-being on such horribly flawed technologies like computers, the internet, and now, artificial intelligence.
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Dave Moore, CISSP, has been fixing computers in Oklahoma since 1984. Founder of the non-profit Internet Safety Group Ltd., he also teaches Internet safety community training workshops. He can be reached at 405-919-9901 or internetsafetygroup.org. No AI was used in writing this column.


