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404 Media is a new independent media company founded by technology journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox.

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07-17-2024

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from 404 Media on 07-12-2024

Shiny Objects and Stolen Call Data

This week, we discuss embargoes, research papers, terminology and epic Reel pulls.  

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from 404 Media on 07-11-2024

FOIA Forum with a PACER Expert! 7/31, 1PM EST

Our next FOIA Forum is going to be with the world's best expert on digging up U.S. court records Seamus Hughes!  

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from Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform on 07-10-2024

Hocked TUAW

TUAW, a site that was shut down 10 years ago, was sold to a private equity firm, then to a company in Hong Kong, and has now stolen its old workers' identities and is running their old wor

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from Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform on 07-09-2024

U.S. Nuke Agency Buys Internet Backbone Data

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has bought access to netflow data. The tool covers more than 90 percent of the world's internet data and can trace activity through virtual priva

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from Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform on 07-08-2024

Scalpers Reverse-Engineer Ticketmaster's 'Non-Transferrable' Tickets

Scalpers have reverse-engineered how Ticketmaster creates tickets, and are now generating and selling them on their own parallel infrastructure.

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from 404 Media on 07-05-2024

Is Your Reality Feeling... Distorted?

This week, we discuss turning our brains off with some gaming for the long weekend, dogs and fireworks, and the staying power of a meme.

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07-04-2024

r/SecurityClearance Is the Best Subreddit

An unhinged subreddit of people sharing their secrets before they share them with the U.S. government.  

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from Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform on 07-03-2024

Google Says AI Could Break Reality

“While these uses of GenAI are often neither overtly malicious nor explicitly violate these tools’ content policies or terms of services, their potential for harm is significant.”

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from Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform on 07-02-2024

Dox Anyone for $30

Dozens of Fiverr sellers are advertising access to TLOxp, a potent data surveillance tool sold by credit bureau TransUnion.

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from 404 Media on 07-01-2024

Our Origin Story (and a 10% discount on 404 Media)

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from 404 Media on 07-01-2024

Car Rental Service Replaces Desk Agents With People On Video Chat

A Nu Car Rentals office in Charlotte, North Carolina offers only "virtual assistance" to customers.  

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from 404 Media on 06-28-2024

eBay Deals and Huge Security Fails

This week, we discuss exciting new updates to the podcast, having too many tabs open, and the generative AI boom.  

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from 404 Media on 06-27-2024

StingRay on eBay

The StingRay was listed at $100,000 before being removed for violating the platform’s policy on not selling electronic surveillance equipment.

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from Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform on 06-26-2024

Big Tech’s ID Verifier Hacked

As social networks and porn sites move towards a verified identity model, the actions of one cybersecurity researcher show that ID verification services themselves could get hacked too.

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from Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform on 06-25-2024

We Tried to Replace 404 Media With AI

Trying to make AI do my job revealed a vast infrastructure of cheap tricks and middlemen that have been trying to game Google Search for more than a decade.

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from 404 Media on 06-24-2024

Look at what we've done!

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from Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform on 06-24-2024

Has Facebook Stopped Trying?

Facebook has been overrun with AI spam and scams. Experts say Facebook has stopped asking them for help.  

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from Ghost: The best open source blog & newsletter platform on 06-21-2024

Non-Negotiable Saunas and Portals to Hell

This week, we discuss Joe Biden "cheapfakes," the idea of porn-addicted tribes, and feedback.  

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06-20-2024

The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterf*ck

Lawmakers are trying to ban a Chinese company on "surveillance" grounds to benefit American competitors powering U.S. police surveillance.

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