Reality Checks: Facial Recognition for Astronomy, Fraudulent Genetic Testing, Incompetent IT, and Some Tips for Dealing with Insecurity

Elizabeth — October 1, 2019

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Lego workmen repairing a faulty hard drive

Facial recognition tech for astronomy. (via Digital Trends)
35 people arrested in massive genetic testing fraud. (via Reuters)
Baltimore city kept ALL of its data on local drives. (via Ars Technica)
Tips for dealing with insecurity. (via NPR)

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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Reality Checks: Facial Recognition for Astronomy, Fraudulent Genetic Testing, Incompetent IT, and Some Tips for Dealing with Insecurity

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