Welcome to the Whittier Area Genealogical Society
A genealogical society serving the Whittier area
in Los Angeles County, California
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Life Story Writers Group |
WAGS members and the public are invited to attend our next
Life Story Writing Group Meeting
Wednesday, April 24th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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This meeting will be held in person only at:
Whittier Uptown Senior Center
13225 Walnut Street
Whittier, CA 90602
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WAGS General Meeting
Saturday, May 18, 2024
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Pacific Time
Speaker: Hal Bookbinder
Topic: Practicing Safe Computing in the Age of AI
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Sorensen Library Meeting Room
6934 Broadway Ave, Whittier CA 90606
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Genealogists depend on reliable computing, data storage, and access across the Internet. Cybercrime and cyberterrorism have resulted in service disruptions, personal data being exposed, and millions of dollars in ransom being paid. As the sophistication of cybercriminals grows, this will likely get worse. Scams can also challenge us, and Artificial Intelligence will make current scams more dangerous and will introduce new ones. Even in the absence of bad actors, computers become corrupt and storage devices fail resulting in the potential loss of years of genealogical research.
This talk discusses the risks, the myths, ways to reduce the likelihood of being hacked, and how to minimize the impact of data breaches, network and computing failures that do occur. See and search all of Hal’s articles at www.tinyurl.com/SafeComputingArticles (published monthly in the JGSCV Newsletter since 2015.
The virtual doors will open between noon and 12:30 p.m. and those of you who join online can chat with one another on Zoom before the meeting begins at 1:00 p.m.
To join the meeting on Zoom on May 18th, click on the link below:
To add our monthly meeting to your online calendar, download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system by clicking here.:
* This presentation will be preceded by a short business meeting.
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This event is not sponsored or endorsed by LA County Library.
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