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Your Bank’s New Detective: How AI Fights Online Fraud (And What Those Weird Texts Mean)
You’re finally doing it. You’ve found the perfect, high-end, ergonomically-designed bird feeder online. It’s squirrel-proof, endorsed by ornithologists, and it’s on sale. Score!! You triumphantly enter your credit card number, click “Buy Now,” and lean back, imagining the joyous chirps…
App Permissions and AI: Is Your Phone Eavesdropping? Unmasking What Your Apps Know
Have you ever had a conversation about, say, taking up competitive llama grooming, only to find your phone flooded with ads for tiny shears and alpaca-friendly shampoo? It feels like your phone is leaning in, cupping a hand to its…
AI Money Traps: How Scammers Use Tech to Empty Your Wallet
Have you ever gotten a financial tip that sounded so good, you could almost hear a choir of angels singing? Maybe it was a post from a distant cousin on Facebook, who suddenly looks 20 years younger and is standing…
Deepfake Scams and AI Identity Theft: The Scary New Tricks (and the Simple Ways to Outsmart Them)
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe Deepfake scams use video, audio, or images made with artificial intelligence to impersonate someone real, such as your son, your bank, or a famous investor, so you’ll send money or hand over…
Talking to a Bot or a Scammer? How to Spot the Fakers in a World of AI Chat
The other day, I got a pop-up on a website. “Hello!” it said, chipper as a songbird. “My name is Brenda. How can I help you today?” I needed to know if they shipped to Antarctica, a pressing question for…
Fact vs. Fiction in the AI Age: Your Guide to Spotting Online Baloney
Have you ever received an email from your cousin Barb that made you spit out your coffee? The one claiming that scientists discovered a species of squirrel in Peru that can yodel the national anthem? And for a moment, just…
Spot AI-Generated Images and Videos: A Verification Guide
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe Spot AI-Generated Images and Videos: A Verification Guide Spot AI-generated images and videos by checking three things. Where the media came from, whether anyone trustworthy is showing the same event, and whether…
Is That Really My Grandchild? How to Spot AI Voice Scams on the Phone
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe AI voice scams use artificial intelligence to copy someone’s voice from a short recording, then call you pretending to be that person, usually a grandchild or other relative who needs money right…
Beyond Generic Emails: How AI Makes Phishing Scams Scary Personal (and How to Protect Yourself)
I remember when spotting a scam email was a fun little game, like a digital “Where’s Waldo?” You’d look for the obvious clues: the email was from a mysterious foreign prince, the grammar looked like it had been put through…
The One Call You Must Ignore: How to Avoid ‘Wangiri’ Scam Calls
You’d think by now the scammers would have run out of tricks. But like that neighbor who keeps “improving” his house with increasingly questionable DIY projects, scammers just keep getting more creative. Enter the Wangiri scam – a crafty little…
