Safeguarding our lives online requires skills and experiences that lie beyond masculine stereotypes of the hacker and soldier, says Winifred R. Poster. Computer hacking is becoming more widespread and damaging. Headlines highlight attacks on government agencies, political campaign offices, financial institutions and big corporations. But citizens and consumers are paying a heavy price. In 2016, 2 billion people had their personal details

 Amber Hughes JACKSON, Tenn. — The United Way of West Tennessee is lending a helping hand to authorities in the fight against human trafficking. Hotel rooms across the country are being used as safe havens for human traffickers and their victims. One snap at a time, volunteers are using their phones to help in the cause to fight human trafficking.

Volunteers teach AI to spot slavery sites from satellite images By Matt Reynolds Online volunteers are helping to track slavery from space. A new crowdsourcing project aims to identify South Asian brick kilns – frequently the site of forced labour – in satellite images. This data will then be used to train machine learning algorithms to automatically recognise brick kilns in satellite imagery. If computers can pinpoint the location of possible slavery sites, then the coordinates could be passed to local non-governmental organisations to investigate, says Kevin Bales, who is leading

What can you do about the human trafficking crisis? July 30, 2017 by Cathy Doud   Today, July 30, is the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. But what is Human Trafficking and why should you care? And what can you do, personally, to help? Human trafficking is considered to be modern day slavery. There are an estimated 27 million adults and 13 million children around the world who are victims of trafficking. While most human trafficking in the U.S. occurs in

3 WAYS TECHNOLOGY IS FIGHTING TRAFFICKING  August 25, 2017  OURrescue O.U.R. is grateful for all of the organizations and community members that are fighting to end human trafficking. Lately, there have been some amazing breakthroughs in technology that are helping to rescue children from trafficking situations. It is always fascinating to see how people use their talents to come up with new ways to combat this issue. Everyone has their own talents and circles of influence that they can use for good. 1. The TraffickCam App First created in 2015 by

March 1, 2017 FIRST THOUGHT:Fighting for Women’s Cyber Civil Rights We’re going to talk about a difficult subject today: women’s privacy in the age of the internet. Time and again, leaked celebrity photos and videos make national news. But this is not something that only happens to the rich and famous. Right now, girls and women in your neighborhood, town and state are subject to this kind of harassing invasion of privacy. When one woman experiences this kind of trauma, it’s up to us all to fight back. We dedicate today’s On The Dot to the conscientious people who are

by Veronica Ortega, WSBT 22 Reporter BERRIEN COUNTY — More than 30 hotels in Berrien County are joining the fight against human trafficking. They’re taking part in a nationwide program. Hotel owners are hoping to send a clear message to human traffickers– they are not welcome in Berrien County. The Southwestern Michigan Human Trafficking task force is the first group in the county to get an entire county involved in the project. By downloading the free app ‘Traffickcam’ you can help. These hotels are already doing their part by photographing their rooms with the

posted 2017-07-03 We’ll admit that we love a personal touch when it comes to travel (it is what sets UTD apart), but that definitely doesn’t mean that we don’t also embrace technology! We’re always interested in the newest tech that’s designed to make travel even simpler, especially the ever-evolving catalogue of apps. Here are a few of our favorites:   WiFi Magic There are more than a few WiFi finders on the market. For going to public businesses in larger cities there’s WiFi Magic. Think of this as a community that shares WiFi passwords. This

Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2017 6:00 am By LOUISE WREGE – HP Staff Writer BENTON TOWNSHIP — Sex trafficking happens everywhere, FBI special agent Timothy Simon told more than 50 people Wednesday at Southwest Michigan ALPACT’s forum on Sex Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation and the Common Clues. “I run into law enforcement contacts all the time who say, ‘It doesn’t happen here. We’re in west Michigan. This is somehow some better place where this doesn’t happen,’” he said. But, he said that’s not the case. “It happens in our back

Beyond the ‘Bubble’ Photo by Whitney Curtis. Written by Beth Miller  While most students in the School of Engineering & Applied Science come from outside of the St. Louis area, becoming a part of the community through student groups, class projects, field trips and personal interests is high on their priority lists. Here we highlight several Engineering students, from undergraduate to doctoral students, who are using what they are learning in the Engineering classrooms and laboratories to make their marks in St. Louis. These experiences have not only benefited the people, organizations and businesses