Technocracy: Behind every ‘bot’ is a bad human

My WND Technocracy column this week is about spambots. You’ve probably heard the term. If you haven’t a spambot is any algorithm that simulates human interactivity (often while propagating links to malicious code).

Given how integral to the online experience spambots (and other automated simulacra of human input) have become, parody seems logical.

I once spoke to a person who thought computer viruses developed autonomously, like real viruses. I’ve never forgotten that. What we do tend to forget, however, is that behind every bot, good or bad, there is always a human hand.

Read the full column here in WND News.