Joseph went to DEF CON to talk to hackers on location. AI, hacking biology, and community all came up.#Podcast
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 running 404 Media for a whole year, public speaking, and meetings.#BehindTheBlog
In August 2023, we launched 404 Media with a novel idea: pay journalists to do journalism. Here we are, a year later.#Announcements
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"We now not only know the person that bought the ticket, but we’re going to know those three people that you are taking to the show, which we have not known historically."#Ticketmaster #TicketScalping #TicketBrokers
We break down how Taylor Swift could sue Donald Trump for a fake, AI-generated endorsement of the presidential candidate; how the U.S. is tapping an intelligence goldmine of encrypted chats; and how we approach generating impact with our journalism.#Podcast
Donald Trump accepted fake endorsements from AI-generated versions of Taylor Swift and her fans. Under a recently-enacted Tennessee law, the AI-generated images could be illegal.#AI #truthsocial #Twitter #Deepfakes
David Millette, a YouTube creator, filed a class action lawsuit against Nvidia citing “unjust enrichment and unfair competition” for how the company built its training data for the “Cosmos” project video model.#nvidia #AI #AIScraping #YouTube
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 LLMs and languages, and a big data breach.#BehindTheBlog
The popular flight tracking website informed users that it inadvertently exposed user data, including names, physical addresses, aircraft owned, pilot status, and flights tracked.#News
'She Turned Ghost White:' How a Ragtag Group of Friends Tracked Down a Sex Trafficking Ringleader
Michael Pratt hid a massive sex trafficking ring in plain sight on PornHub. On the run from the FBI, an unexpected crew of ex-military, ex-intelligence officers and a lawyer tracked him down using his love of rare sneakers and crypto.#girlsdoporn
Neal Agarwalx27;s eyes-only video chat sets you up with a strangerx27;s eyes only.#fun #videochatting
I Gazed Lovingly Into Strangers’ Eyes on ‘Eyechat’
Neal Agarwal's eyes-only video chat sets you up with a stranger's eyes only.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
Thomas White ran the Silk Road 2.0 drug marketplace and was convicted of child abuse imagery-related crimes. He was also a co-founder of transparency activist organization Distributed Denial of Secrets.#News
Entropic Engineering, the small company that helped manufacture this year’s DEF CON badge, claims the conference organizers failed to pay for completed work. DEF CON says the company went well over budget.#defcon
