Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow AI Is Being Used by Hackers and Criminals (Sponsored)
This episode is sponsored by DeleteMe. Friend of 404 Media Matthew Gault talks to Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security, about the ways scammers and criminals are using AI, and how it's changing …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
How Apple is Locking Out Cops
This week Joseph starts with his scoop on how Apple quietly introduced code that reboots iPhones, locking out cops. After the break, we all talk about the big Blue Sky migration. In the subscribers-o…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
The 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, Sam breaks down Microsoft's mistake around gende…
Published on 1 year, 1 month 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 policies unpopular with conservatives they say Kama…
Published on 1 year, 1 month 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 of Delegates in 2023 and is now a victim advocate…
Published on 1 year, 1 month 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 X, which tracks smartphones around the world. We …
Published on 1 year, 1 month 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 actually could have ramifications for the wider w…
Published on 1 year, 2 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 people just by looking at them. After break, Sam a…
Published on 1 year, 2 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 value, how to get our articles in front of people,…
Published on 1 year, 2 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 the hell is going on??? They're all doing it at o…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago