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Dave Moore

Oklahoma
As seen in: The Norman Transcript, The Ada News, Duncan Banner, The Express-Star, CityNewsOKC, Dcine.org, The Alley Newspaper
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Dave Moore’s Biography

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I was born an Army brat in 1954, with my family living in Kansas, Texas, Arkansas and New Mexico before landing in Norman, Oklahoma. As a kid, I had many interests, including reading, writing, amateur sleuthing, microbiology, archeology, electronics and music. If I wasn’t looking at pond water through a microscope or developing my musical abilities, I was probably tearing apart an old radio to convert it into a burglar alarm with fifty speakers.

As a lifelong electronics hobbyist, my career wit…

Dave Moore’s Journalist Portfolio

Newspaper articles written by robots?

Newspaper articles written by robots?

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, arguably one of the smartest people in history, warned, in an intervie…

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Your computer is not the problem

Your computer is not the problem

There you are, ready to get to it. You've turned on your computer, the desktop is up, all the icons and start…

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Safety awareness more important than antivirus programs

Safety awareness more important than antivirus programs

A large part of my job is helping my customers deal with virus-infected computers. All the antivirus programs…

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Fed warns Russia hacks Ukraine; is U.S. next?

Fed warns Russia hacks Ukraine; is U.S. next?

For the past few weeks I've been reading, "Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Mos…

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I can read all of your texts

I can read all of your texts

What if someone told you, "I can read all of your text messages?" It's quite likely they would be correct. Di…

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Security Check

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By Dave Moore
| The Norman Transcript Verified
Few computer users remain who don't know their computer should have some sort of antivirus protection. Whether it's a Windows PC, a once-thought-to-be-immune Apple Mac or a phone, good antivirus
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BUSINESS COLUMN: It looked so real

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By Dave Moore
| The Norman Transcript Verified
I got a call today from a fellow trying to figure out his computer's strange behavior. After some exploratory questioning, he finally remarked his son had bought and installed Microsoft Word and Excel for $59 from an email they'd received. Uh-oh. Here we go. Dave Moore, CISSP, has been fixing computers in Oklahoma since 1984. Founder of the non-profit Internet Safety Group Ltd., he also teaches Internet safety community training workshops. He can be reached at 405-919-9901 or internetsafetygroup.org.
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BUSINESS COLUMN: How to protect against AI Intrusions, part two

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By Dave Moore
| The Norman Transcript Verified
L ast week, we looked at how governments and big business are starting to use artificial intelligence in ways that are harmful to everyday people. Business/government collusion to scoop up every piece of private data, and to observe, record, analyze and exploit our every action is rampant. Add to that scammers and organized crime networks using AI to separate us from our hard-earned money, and we see a threat landscape that demands our immediate attention.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My self-published and written underground newspaper in high school.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Learned to type on an old mechanical Underwood. Then, the IBM Selectric came out and I discovered how poor my typing skills really were!

How is social media changing news?

For the worse.