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Evan Schuman

Contributing Columnist at Computerworld | IDG Communications

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The food delivery driver identification dilemma - Computerworld

Ever use one of those mobile food delivery apps — only to realize your delivery person isn’t who you expected? There’s a lesson here about identity, authentication, and what happens when the best laid tech plan meets human beings.
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The AI data-poisoning cat-and-mouse game — this time, IT will win -...

The IT community is freaking out about AI data poisoning. For some, it’s a sneaky backdoor into enterprise systems as it surreptitiously infects the data LLM systems train on — which then get sucked into enterprise systems.
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When a customer gets defrauded, should the enterprise reimburse? - ...

The New York Attorney General’s office sued Citibank for failing to reimburse customers victimized by fraud, raising serious issues all enterprises must figure out. When should a customer be reimbursed for fraud? And at what point do a customer’s actions come into play?
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Failed unsubscribes could be a clue your data's out of control - Co...

One of the oldest and most frustrating rules about email spam is that the unsubscribe link never works — all it does is confirm your email address is active. But what if the unsubscribe failure is caused by something far more problematic?
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Will super chips disrupt the 'everything to the cloud' IT mentality...

It’s no secret that enterprise IT in recent years has been disappointed in corporate clouds. But in general they’ve not done anything about it. That could soon change.
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Choosing a genAI partner: Trust, but verify - Computerworld

As generative AI fever continues to mesmerize enterprise executives, those same execs are insisting that IT somehow make it happen.
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Android’s new biometric spec for 'strong security' is anything but ...

When Google rolled out its latest biometrics specs for Android devices, its top-level ‘strong security’ option allowed “a spoof and imposter acceptance rate not higher than 7%.” Most biometrics specialists argue that’s much too high; a target of 1% is far more realistic.

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Forrester asks a forbidden question: Are vendors lying or do they b...

The idea that vendors lie a lot is, as the saying goes, “a tale as old as time.” But to suggest vendors are so persuasive because they actually believe their falsehoods — now, that’s intriguing.
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Think the video call mute button keeps you safe? Think again - Comp...

Have you recently been on a video call, muted and then said something nasty about a client — or maybe even the boss? Were you confident the mute button was protecting your secret? You shouldn’t have been.
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CVS app glitch makes — then cancels — vaccine appointments. And it ...

CVS Pharmacy has a widely used app and site to schedule various vaccinations, including for COVID-19. The problem? It has a glitch that allows customers to schedule appointments that are then cancelled without explanation.
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Rackspace is now the roach motel of cloud platforms

Ever since its layoffs last summer and a plunge in quality, Rackspace lets customers in — but won’t let them out. A cautionary tale of a business that had to fight like heck to escape.