We start this week with Joseph’s very weird story about Apple Podcasts. The app is opening by itself, playing random spirituality podcasts, and in one case directing listeners to a potentially malicious website. After the break, Matthew tells us how it sure looks like a map of Ukraine was manipulated in order to win a bet on Polymarket. In the subscribers-only section, Sam breaks down how half of the U.S. now requires a face or ID scan to watch porn.
YouTube version: https://youtu.be/V4QCJh-imPM
Timestamps:2:00 - Story 1 - Someone Is Trying to ‘Hack’ People Through Apple Podcasts24:40 - Story 2 - 'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting
SUBSCRIBER'S STORY - Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
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Inside the Biggest Sting Operation Ever (with Michael Bobbitt)
Joseph speaks to Michael Bobbitt, a former FBI official who worked directly on Operation Trojan Shield. In this operation the FBI secretly ran its own encrypted phone company for organized crime, backdoored the phone, and collected tens of millions of messages. Michael and Joseph discuss how Michael handled intelligence sourced from the phones, how to navigate an operation that complex, and its fallout.
YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/bLeueG5V4QY
Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever
Podcast: Signal's President Meredith Whittaker on Backdoors and AI
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A Massive Breach Reveals the Truth Behind 'Secret Desires AI'
We start this week with Sam's piece about a massive leak of an AI chatbot, and how it showed that people were taking ordinary women’s yearbook photos and using them to make AI porn. After the break, Jason explains how a recent change on X exposed a bunch of grifters all around the world. In the subscribers-only section, we talk about how our reporting contributed to the shut down of a warrantless surveillance program.
YouTube version: https://youtu.be/UgOtR_bDft4
Timestamps:
1:23 - Intro: Please, please do our reader survey
3:57 - Story 1: Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
34:42 - Story 2: America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
SUBSCRIBER'S STORY: Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
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Luxury Surveillance (With Chris Gilliard)
Jason talks to Chris Gilliard, the author of the upcoming book Luxury Surveillance. Gilliard has studied the rise of companies like Ring and Flock, as well as the dynamics that lead people to surveil themselves and each other.
YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/4kBgnjn5cC0
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The Epstein Email Dump Is a Mess
We start this week with a rant from Jason about how the latest dump of Epstein emails were released. It would be a lot easier to cover them if they were published differently! After the break, we talk about Joseph’s piece about a contractor hiring essentially randos off LinkedIn to physically track immigrants for $300. In the subscribers-only section, Sam tells us about a new adult industry code of conduct that has been a long time coming.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
3:08 - First Segment
34:23 - Second Segment
YouTube version: https://youtu.be/_6tVI4jh__Y
Our New FOIA Forum! 11/19, 1PM ET
Contractor Recruiting People on LinkedIn to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE, Will Pay $300
Major Porn Studios Join Forces to Establish Industry ‘Code of Conduct’
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Welcome to the podcast from 404 Media where Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason catch you up on the stories we published this week. 404 Media is a journalist-owned digital media company exploring the way technology is shaping–and is shaped by–our world. We bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds both online and IRL through investigative reporting, smart blogging, and breaking news. At 404 Media you’ll read, and hear, stories you can’t find anywhere else written by journalists who are leading experts on their beats. Subscribe to 404 Media at 404media.co to gain access to an ad-free version of this podcast, as well as a bonus podcast episodes. Subscribers are the bedrock of building a sustainable business for our journalism.
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