by Greg Scott | Apr 29, 2023 | Cybersecurity
Internet Viral Lies and Public Indoctrination In mid January, 2021, a few days after internet viral lies influenced a mob to attack the US Capitol, I wrote a blog post about information warfare. I made the case that internet viral lies are at the heart of...
by Greg Scott | Apr 22, 2023 | Politics and Religion
I did not set out to bait anyone, but sometimes material just falls into my lap. I advertised, If You’re Fox News, Sometimes You Want Passive Voice on Twitter and fell right into the cross-hairs of a diehard right wing fan. The dialog was, well, educational. I’m...
by Greg Scott | Apr 21, 2023 | Politics and Religion
The Fox News settlement with Dominion Voting Systems was everywhere on the news on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Well, almost everywhere. Fox News didn’t have much to say about it. But everyone else had plenty to say. Fox agreed to issue the statement in the picture...
by Greg Scott | Mar 9, 2023 | Politics and Religion
Does anyone still believe the lie that Trump really won the 2020 presidential election? In the weeks after the election, an unprecedented avalanche of lies cascaded around the internet. Millions believed that the Chinese bribed Georgia election officials, a dead...
by Greg Scott | Sep 25, 2022 | Politics and Religion
This blog post is sort-of about Trump, but it’s really about cognitive dissonance and clinging to beliefs long after facts prove they’re based on lies. Back in 2006, I signed up for Republican email updates. In the Trump era, they’ve been coming fast...
by Greg Scott | Jul 28, 2022 | Phish collection
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by Greg Scott | Jul 1, 2022 | Phish collection
Nobody from the Geek Squad sent this. But somebody did a decent impersonation job. I like the retro hook. By mid 2022, everyone has heard the advice, “don’t click on email attachments and website links.” So, this one doesn’t have any...
by Greg Scott | Jun 14, 2022 | Slice of Life
I’ve been a gravel-in-the-belly DIY enthusiast my entire adult life. It’s a trust issue and goes back to high school and my very first car. It was a 1965 Pontiac Tempest convertible, and the switch to put the top up and down went bad. I took it to a...
by Greg Scott | Jun 6, 2022 | Phish collection
I see at least one fake email notification from my email administrator every day. Which is hilarious because I am my email administrator. They usually claim I exceeded a quota or have some other problem. Most have English grammar problems. But this one –...
by Greg Scott | May 24, 2022 | Phish collection
This is a pretty good scam against anyone operating a website. I’ll give this one a B+. Your website violates my copyright. Click here to find out what you violated. If you don’t fix it, I’ll sue you for $zillions. It knocks me off balance and makes...
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