Update 12 Feb 2021: “Stop the Steal” fueled anxiety about loss, in the same way that “I have millions” fueled anxiety about gain. Both cognitive attacks work fundamentally because of racism in the target. Also, Islamist and rightwing extremists are documented as main threats in detailed security reports, as other groups do not even rank … Continue reading Cultural Spectrum of Trust
Unfortunately this Infographic called “How to Spot a Liar” would not be very useful in online scams like 419 Fraud. The references hint that technology may have been left out of focus; do people really lie more often on the telephone than with email or IM? How To Spot A Liar Spoiler alert, this is … Continue reading How to Detect Fraud In-Person
It looks like Adam over at Emergent Chaos has been reading sociology (ethnomethodology is a sociological approach to language use) and finding out about linguistic anthropology. Although it is nice to see these ideas spreading from anthropology to sociology and into information security, I hope some also will dig into it enough to find and … Continue reading Identities and Community of Practice