When I made a little wager that my new friend wouldn’t be able to hack me, I was in for the surprise of my life. But it’s comforting to know that computer whiz Alex Paskie is on the good side, helping safeguard our community from the dangers of unfiltered technology.
Photos Meir Haltovsky
Watch your back!
Game on!
This is going to be fun.
I’m still navigating West Side Highway traffic when the first e-mail from Alex Paskie arrives. The challenge is on. Fun takes on an element of tension — my new friend is determined to make the point in a way that words cannot.
A day later: Oh you expected overnight? It’s got to be methodical — like I said you are on guard. Just make sure you’re okay with me taking over your identity! Bank accounts the whole shebang.
This is my fault. I asked for this challenge doubted my new friend’s claim that I am — and most of us are actually — vulnerable to being hacked. It seemed like an intriguing challenge but Alex Paskie isn’t the kind of guy you’d accept a challenge from if you aren’t okay with losing.
The office of BlueSwitch inLower Manhattan the full-service technology and web and software development company Paskie established when he was just 22 reflects the buoyancy and confidence of its young founder. There is a low hum of people at work — answering directing guiding callers. Our discussion which revolves around empowering and equipping our community with the tools to confront technology takes place in Alex’s corner office; he plays with small pieces of motherboard computer innards that cover his desk. BlueSwitch is a company built on providing solutions and as I learn sitting in his attractive office there’s no one better than Alex himself to create solutions for the problems he knows only too well.
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