A new report from Amnesty International reveals multiple cases where Serbian authorities used Cellebrite devices to access targets' mobile phones before loading them with spyware.
A new report from Amnesty International reveals multiple cases where Serbian authorities used Cellebrite devices to access targetsx27; mobile phones before loading them with spyware.#News #Privacy
Cellebrite Unlocked This Journalist’s Phone. Cops Then Infected it With Malware
A new report from Amnesty International reveals multiple cases where Serbian authorities used Cellebrite devices to access targets' mobile phones before loading them with spyware.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Don’t panic…yet. Also: A baby galaxy with a bedazzled name, tiny poops with big potential, and an ancient ritual compound in a secret cave chamber.#TheAbstract
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss archiving nostalgia, newsworthiness, and plans for 2025.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Nostalgia and Newsworthiness
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss archiving nostalgia, newsworthiness, and plans for 2025.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
The New Jersey drone situation is very interesting. We've also seen this story before.
The New Jersey drone situation is very interesting. Wex27;ve also seen this story before.#NewJerseydrones #mysterydrones #Drones
WTF Is Going on With the New Jersey Mystery Drones? Maybe Mass Panic Over Nothing
The New Jersey drone situation is very interesting. We've also seen this story before.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Traffic Cam Photobooth lets you take a capture from NYC surveillance camera. The city's Department of Transportation does not like that.
Traffic Cam Photobooth lets you take a capture from NYC surveillance camera. The cityx27;s Department of Transportation does not like that.#Cameras #Surveillance
Traffic Camera 'Selfie' Creator Holds Cease and Desist Letter in Front of Traffic Cam
Traffic Cam Photobooth lets you take a capture from NYC surveillance camera. The city's Department of Transportation does not like that.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
YouTube’s rollout of AI tools shows nonsensical AI-generated audience engagement and AI slop thumbnails.#News
“With premium original content, precise ad-targeting capability, and an AI-powered, innovative engaging viewing experience, TCL’s content service will continue its double-digit growth next year.”#AI
This week we talk about the weapon used by the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO murderer; the sad state of OSINT after a suspect's name is released; how health insurance companies have tried to scrub leadership from the web; moderation challenges on Reddit; and deepfake apps.#Podcast
Podcast: 3D Printed Guns and UnitedHealthcare
This week we talk about the weapon used by the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO murderer; the sad state of OSINT after a suspect's name is released; how health insurance companies have tried to scrub leadership from the web; moderation challenges on…Joseph Cox (404 Media)
The ritualized rifling through old internet accounts usually muddies the story more than it informs the public.#LuigiMangione #Unitedhealthcare
Pornhub's Year in Review report for 2024 reveals a search for something very mindful, and very demure.
Pornhubx27;s Year in Review report for 2024 reveals a search for something very mindful, and very demure.#pornhub #AIPorn
Pornhub Sees Surge of Interest in Tradewife Content, ‘Modesty,’ and Mindfulness
Pornhub's Year in Review report for 2024 reveals a search for something very mindful, and very demure.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
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In what might be the first assassination in the United States using a 3D printed weapon, multiple people told 404 Media an image of the weapon found on the person of interest in the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO looks like a specific design of 3D printed Glock.#News
UnitedHealthcare Shooting Person of Interest Had 3D Printed Glock
In what might be the first assassination in the United States using a 3D printed weapon, multiple people told 404 Media an image of the weapon found on the person of interest in the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO looks like a specific design of…Joseph Cox (404 Media)
404 Media's reporting on an internal Google privacy violation database has been subpoenaed by the State of Texas. We are fighting it.
404 Mediax27;s reporting on an internal Google privacy violation database has been subpoenaed by the State of Texas. We are fighting it.#Announcements
404 Media Objects to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Subpoena to Access Our Reporting
404 Media's reporting on an internal Google privacy violation database has been subpoenaed by the State of Texas. We are fighting it.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Come along for a tale of mammoth meals, Venusian deserts, orbital splash parks, and slingshot-wielding spiders.#TheAbstract
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we talk about health insurance.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Healthcare and its Stakeholders
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we talk about health insurance.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
While Reddit mods and admin try to keep up with the site's "no violence" terms of use, Facebook and LinkedIn is reacting with tens of thousands of laughing emojis.
While Reddit mods and admin try to keep up with the sitex27;s "no violence" terms of use, Facebook and LinkedIn is reacting with tens of thousands of laughing emojis.
Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination
While Reddit mods and admin try to keep up with the site's "no violence" terms of use, Facebook and LinkedIn is reacting with tens of thousands of laughing emojis.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
A group of fans are reverse engineering Netflix and creating unauthorized archives of interactive shows like Battle Kitty and Minecraft: Story Mode#News
Following the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, multiple major health insurance companies have taken their executive leadership pages offline.#insurance #InternetMysteries
Recordings show that while he was the CEO of Digital Ocean, Yancey Spruill told staff that they should bend their values because "we love the company."#Labor
Deepfakes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Mike Tyson, and Terry Crews are selling erectile dysfunction supplements on YouTube.#News
We talk about the big datasets of Bluesky posts being offered to AI; how people are breaking into Redbox systems; and how the U.S. government is clamping down on data brokers.#Podcast
After a machine learning librarian released and then deleted a dataset of one million Bluesky posts, several other, even bigger datasets have appeared in its place—including one of almost 300 million non-anonymized posts.#Bluesky #Socialmedia #machinelearning #DataBrokers
Venntel is a primary provider of location data to the government or other companies that sell to U.S. agencies. The FTC is banning Venntel from selling data related to health clinics, refugee shelters, and much more.#News
A new proposed rule change from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) could curtail the sale of American's personal data. That's if the agency survives the Trump presidency.
A new proposed rule change from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) could curtail the sale of Americanx27;s personal data. Thatx27;s if the agency survives the Trump presidency.#News
U.S. Government Tries to Stop Data Brokers That Help Dox People Through Credit Data
A new proposed rule change from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) could curtail the sale of American's personal data. That's if the agency survives the Trump presidency.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Not Just 'David Mayer': ChatGPT Breaks When Asked About Two Law Professors#OpenAI
Not Just 'David Mayer': ChatGPT Breaks When Asked About Two Law Professors
ChatGPT breaks when asked about "Jonathan Zittrain" or "Jonathan Turley."Jason Koebler (404 Media)
This week, we explore the digestive products of dinosaurs, the sartorial skills of prehistoric peoples, the superpowers of a supreme squirter, and the effects of “repeated social defeat” in fish.#TheAbstract
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we talk about traffic, a return to Azeroth, egg prices and bullying.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: How About Them Eggs
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we talk about traffic, a return to Azeroth, egg prices and bullying.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
Black Friday: A good encapsulation of why the internet is the way it is.#BlackFriday #AffiliateMarketing
Redbox left 24,000 abandoned DVD rental kiosks. These are some of the people recovering them.#Redbox
A Russian disinformation operation has set its sights on Stalker 2, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian perseverance.#News
"We have data on the performance of >50k engineers from 100s of companies. ~9.5% of software engineers do virtually nothing: Ghost Engineers.”#Overemployment
Are Overemployed ‘Ghost Engineers’ Making Six Figures to Do Nothing?
"We have data on the performance of >50k engineers from 100s of companies. ~9.5% of software engineers do virtually nothing: Ghost Engineers.”Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, is building an AI model based on user data; we discuss the rise of AI pimping, and a phone sold the U.S. military is expanding to the public.#Podcast
A Hugging Face employee made a huge dataset of Bluesky posts, and it’s already very popular. #Bluesky #Socialmedia #GenerativeAI
Stake is an online casino and sportsbook that's using watermarks on viral meme accounts to advertise on social media. But it goes deeper than that.
Stake is an online casino and sportsbook thatx27;s using watermarks on viral meme accounts to advertise on social media. But it goes deeper than that.#advertising #stake #Twitter
WTF Is Stake, the Online Casino Using Viral Posts to Advertise Its Gambling Site
Stake is an online casino and sportsbook that's using watermarks on viral meme accounts to advertise on social media. But it goes deeper than that.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
The creator of a game that allows players to recreate “Operation al-Aqsa Flood” says it’s no different than Call of Duty.#News