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Joel Adams

Verified
Norwich
As seen in: Cayman Compass, MSN UK, Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The London Standard, Communications of the ACM, Irish Independent, National Post, New Zealand Herald, Yahoo, Lexington Herald-Leader and
Sometime investigative reporter. Words in @telegraph @mailonline @caycompass @edp24 @brightonargus. Opinions mine. Semi-aquatic.

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Investigative reporter, London and Norfolk. Currently Archant Investigations Unit, publishing into the Eastern Daily Press, Norwich Evening News and weeklies across the East of England. Previous berths have included MailOnline and the Daily/Sunday Telegraph and for three years the Brighton Argus, including as local government and politics reporter. Before coming into journalism in my 30s, I spent ten years building and running a successful ecommerce business. Contact me via joeladamsreporting@g…

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Communications of the ACM

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By Mark Halper Verified, Karen Emslie Verified, Logan Kugler, Joel Adams Verified
| Communications of the ACM Verified
The cat and mouse game of computer security has been on since at least the 1970s. There was John Draper’s infamous hack of telephone systems using a toy whistle from a Cap’n Crunch cereal box in 1971. On the good guy side, Ray Tomlinson wrote what is regarded as the first antivirus software in 1972, when his Reaper program eradicated the Creeper worm that his colleague Bob Thomas unleashed in an effort by the two to demonstrate possible scenarios. Fast forward to today.
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Communications of the ACM

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By Karen Emslie Verified, Logan Kugler, Joel Adams Verified, Alex Williams Verified
| Communications of the ACM Verified
Thousands of ordinary citizens are already using Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) techniques, whether they know it or not. Online sleuths attempt to solve crimes by scouring social media posts for clues, and dating app users run potential suitors’ profiles through a reverse image search to verify they are who they say. OSINT—once the preserve of intelligence agencies and law enforcement—is becoming accessible, and artificial intelligence (AI) is powering the change.
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Communications of the ACM

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By Joel Adams Verified, Alex Williams Verified, Saurabh Bagchi, Shuchi Grover
| Communications of the ACM Verified
The second week of each December, Computer Science Education Week introduces K-12 students to computer science. This timing was chosen to commemorate the birthday of Grace Murray Hopper, December 9, 1906. Rear Admiral Hopper is well known to the CS community for her many contributions to computing. For those who never saw her, I recommend her 1986 television appearance on ‘Late Night with David Letterman’ where her personality shines through.
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