Hello and welcome to the seventh podcast episode made by Ceiba Dick-Read, Max Alexandre and Gijs Mesman. In this episode, Gijs is host and introduces the...
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Enter the Matrix: An Exploration of Digital Futures (Part 2)
In the second part of this three-part podcast on the future-shaping potential of current trends in technology, Andrea Blätler, Fiona ‘t Hart and I discuss the...
Continue reading...The internets pandemic of bad Sherlock Holmes’s
A couple of months back, a certain Tiktok of a girl surprise visiting her long-distance boyfriend went viral. The boyfriend in question was nicknamed ‘Couch guy’....
Continue reading...Have you ever heard of the “Nth room incident”? How dark it was!?!
The sexual exploitation incident happened in South Korea in 2019. It revealed the criminal groups were between the ages of 24 and 25. They used fraudulent...
Continue reading...True crime – the two sides of amateur criminology
Digitalization and worldwide Internet accessibility have led to interesting developments in the world of criminology. Dozens of cases have been solved due to the availability of...
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Struck by a Love Bug – Phishing Emails
A Wider SkyNet and The Impact on Uyghurs in China
As a UK panel noted how China uses heavy surveillance and AI to monitor minorities, it is more important than ever to address the impacts of...
Continue reading...The power of ‘DeepFake’
The term “Deepfake” came out in 2017. It is mixed with words of ‘deep learning’ and ‘fake’. It is widely being used to change faces, control...
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The world of online scams – part 3
Sex, Money and Habbo Hotel
Habbo started from an idea in 1999 by the Finnish Sampo karjalainen. Its beta version went online at the end of January 2001. At its peak...
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AI Justice and how AI Can Help Us Fight Crime
Having an AI posing as bait during a massive sting operation might sound like something right out of a science fiction novel, but this practice has...
Continue reading...Digital Detectives – Crime in the Digital Age
This blog post contains non-graphic mentions of murder, kidnapping, and child abuse. Detective work was already complex and multifaceted before the digital age and the presence...
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