Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Plan to Use AI to Purge Voter Rolls
On Election Day in the U.S. Jason tells us about EagleAI, a piece of software that could be used to purge voter rolls in the country. After the break…
1 year, 8 months ago
An Elon Musk-Funded PAC Is Running a Democrat Impersonation Campaign
An Elon Musk-funded super PAC has expanded an advertising campaign in which it is impersonating Democrats and targeting registered Republicans with p…
1 year, 8 months ago
How Politician Turned Advocate Susanna Gibson Battles Non-Consensual Imagery
In this special interview episode of the 404 Media podcast, I talked to Susanna Gibson, a nurse practitioner who ran for a seat in the Virginia House…
1 year, 8 months ago
How the U.S. Government Tracks Your Phone
This week we start with a massive story about location data. Privacy advocates gained access to a tool bought by multiple U.S. agencies called Locate…
1 year, 8 months ago
Why the WordPress Chaos Matters
We start this week's episode with the ongoing (and pretty confusing!) conflict between Wordpress.com and WP Engine. It might sound like drama, but it…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Smart Glasses That Dox Strangers
This week we start with Joseph's piece about a couple of Harvard students who cobbled together a pair of Meta's smart glasses that automatically dox …
1 year, 9 months ago
One Year Anniversary Subscriber Bonanza
This is a trailer for the subscribers-only podcast for 404 Media's one year anniversary! We go long on the business, subscriber numbers, what people …
1 year, 9 months ago
AI Companies Are Opting You In By Default
Over the past two weeks we've had a ton of stories where AI and other companies have opted users into data collection and processing by default. What…
1 year, 9 months ago
Telegram is Working With the Cops
We have two related stories this week. First, Joseph, Emanuel, and Sam break down their experiences with Telegram, and the social network's massive p…
1 year, 9 months ago
Hezbollah's Exploding Pagers
We chime in on the developing story coming out of Lebanon about a wave of exploding pagers. Jason has some unusual expertise that is pretty relevant …
1 year, 9 months ago