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AI Is Bringing Back the Dead, And We Need to Talk About It
This is what grief actually looks like. Not an algorithm. Not a chatbot. Not a subscription service. This. And that distinction matters more than the tech industry would like you to think. I've been sitting with this one for a while. That's not something I usually say. Most of what I write about, I feel clear on. Scams make me angry. Privacy violations make me frustrated. Bad tech policy makes me want to write to my MP. The emotion is usually straightforward. This one is diff

Michael Routhier
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Fake Debt Collector Calls Are Stealing Your Identity
The phone rings. Someone on the other end says they are calling from a collections agency about an outstanding debt. They already know your name. They may even know your address. They ask you to simply "verify" a few pieces of information to confirm your identity before they can proceed. It sounds routine. It sounds official. But it is one of the most sophisticated identity theft scams targeting adults 55 and older right now — and what they are really after is far more danger

Michael Routhier
Mar 234 min read
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