AI mostly “sits outside” security protocols
Patricia Herdman
December 9, 2020
Security protocols weren’t designed to protect artificial intelligence programs. This has serious implications for human safety.
Patricia Herdman
Glitching Democracy
Patricia Herdman
October 3, 2020
When a voting machine interferes with election results, where are the consequences to that company? How can a citizen be confident that his or her vote counted for something, or was counted at all?
When MATH breaks the law
Patricia Herdman
September 23, 2020
Algorithms have been proven to breach human rights regulations. How often is this happening and who suffers from it? Certainly not the companies (wittingly or unwittingly) breaking the law.
Cyber-attack is now a homicide investigation
Patricia Herdman
September 20, 2020
Can we be certain that there aren’t more homicides resulting from cyber-attacks? Without effective monitoring systems in place, the answer is no.
A woman requiring immediate medical attention for an aneurism was turned away from the hospital emergency in Düsseldorf, Germany, and sent to another hospital, delaying her care by one hour. En route, she died.
Deadly warning buried on page 181
Patricia Herdman
September 17, 2020
On page 181, Toyota notes that its cruise control feature can cause the car to change lanes, sway, swerve off the road . . . design feature or glitch?
Home “security” glitch suddenly lets you look into other people’s homes
Patricia Herdman
September 14, 2020
When Comcast rolled out their new “listen-in” feature, they delivered a glitch that allows people to unwittingly peer into other people’s homes.
Complex software is inherently glitch-prone in commercial products – just look at the Golf 8
Patricia Herdman
June 15, 2020
In 2019, Volkswagen hailed the new Golf 8 as the “greatest leap forward” since the model debuted 45 years earlier. And just a few months
Where is the evidence to prove that car software is “saving lives”
Patricia Herdman
May 22, 2020
Since 2014, as the amount of software in cars increased, the number of highway traffic deaths both in the U.S, and other countries increased significantly.
Ghost Glitches – a technical term
Patricia Herdman
May 20, 2020
You may not believe this, but a “ghost glitch” is actually a technical term of sorts. It means that there’s a problem that appears, disappears,
The “Right to Repair” Law supports the Right to Quality
Patricia Herdman
May 20, 2020
There was a time when manufacturers prided themselves on the quality and reliability of the products they sold. Remember the “lonely Maytag™ repairman” commercial? These