Recently, the company who provides security for my computer tried to contact me about a possible security breach. They sent an e-mail & they called. BUT both the e-mail & the phone call sounded suspicious & I didn't pay attention. The phone call was suspect because it was clearly made from a India or some such place, with the caller clearly in a room filled with other people making other calls.
I didn't know that the call was important because I've become so suspicious of such calls. I've become suspicious that the caller id showing a local number isn't going to be from some far distant call center.
We've learned from Cambridge Analytica what folks with brains instead of butter already knew - that today's technology makes it easy peasy to manipulate our deepest emotions & especially irrational fears for their own ends. Thanks to the hidden camera stars, we know that they used info we handed over - willingly - to get to know us better than our bestie BFF.
The question I'm facing full on this week isn't "Who do I trust?" or "When do I trust?" but it is "How do I trust - period?" How do I trust that what I think I believe isn't a fear or prejudice brought to boil by nameless others with a purpose that is not in my best interests?
Realizing we've fully entered the realm of science fiction turned science fact.
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