A Closer Look … @ Cyber-Humanity

with Anthony Newcombe

Let’s take **a closer look** … @ YOUR CYBER-HUMANITY!

May 1, 2025

This month: Am I really confirmed as a “human” simply because I can correctly I.D. a flying tiger?

I don’t know about YOU, but I am unsettled by some of the “sign-in steps” required just to visit all my proprietary online content. How does this system know that just because the user can make a positive identification of an image performing a specific act (or, a crosswalk, a bridge, a bus, etc.) – it thereby identifies said user as “a human.” More specifically, “… you have been identified as a human.” (complete with the ominous tones: “Da-da-da-dahhhhhhhh”)

And who said I was “a human.” Perhaps I am the latest hackman in the “humanoid cyberworld” who has a unique ability to see some of the most obvious creatures possible – and correctly answer their current activity on the page in front of me? Or perhaps I’m using a state-of-the-art algorithm which enables me to trick the system into believing I am something I am not.

I guess I’m just a little freaked out by some of this stuff. Not because it is so advanced – but rather because it seems so simplistic! I just don’t believe that we are as secure as we would like to wish we were/ are. And don’t get me started on the alternative: biometric options. In fact, I get so pissed off every time I pass through the TSA line at the airport and the agent wraps up the session by taking my picture. “Make sure you look deep into that camera young man.” When is that system going emit an everlasting BEEP while deciding to deem my headshot photo as “not a human.” #SMHH (i.e. Shake My Human Head)

LOOK OUT!!**

What do YOU think?

Happy summertime my peeps! Hope all are feeling your “cyber-humanity” out there!

A.N.

PROFILE

Anthony Newcombe is a 4-time entrepreneur, published author & narrator, and full-stack web developer. He can be reached for appearances via our CONTACT page.

**DISCLAIMER: Neither Anthony nor his team claims ownership or credit(s) for any electronic photos, emojis, screenshots, etc. – except, of course, any of the ones in which he may appear.