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America Votes: 'CEKEVPATIVG EDELDOA'
Slopfest 2k26 continues with an election, a fanfic fiasco, and World of Slopcraft.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Tech Support
This week, we discuss customer service and Proton fallout.
Newsletters
Objection, your honor
If you're in the EU or UK, you might be able to object to Meta's new AI scraping terms. Also: this week's pod's out and more from around the web.
Flock
In Leaked Audio, Flock CEO Tells Cops Backlash to the Company Isn’t Real
In comments at a private police conference, Garrett Langley also said his wife advised him to never apologize.
Newsletters
ChatGPT Says 404 Media Is Tech Support for Huge Corporations
"Draft an email to Jason Koebler at 404 Media."
AI
ChatGPT Keeps Telling People 404 Media Can Solve Their Tech Support Problems
Because big tech doesn't do customer service, we are being inundated with AI-generated emails begging us for help.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Brute Forces
This week, we discuss reverse engineering and some wild court docs.
Cybersecurity
AI Is Changing Everything About Hacking. No One Knows What Happens Next
'Black October:' The PHP vulnerabilities and a series of other hacks and bugs have cybersecurity experts freaking out and unsure what happens next.
Flock
Cops Warned to Look for ‘Suspicious Behavior’ From People Opposing Flock at City Council Meetings
A surveillance document tells cops to expect "emotional confrontations" at Flock city council meetings.
Newsletters
Chestnuts Roasting on a Data Center
An endangered American chestnut grove faces a new threat: A massive data center.
Newsletters
People Are Using 'AI Decompiling' to Hack Their Things
A gang of hackers targets Staples, but not to buy things from Staples.
AI
‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the New Wild West of AI
Decompiled, cloned, and modified software is going viral and might slopify everything.