Flock
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
News
Verizon Gave Her Data to a Stalker. ‘This Has Completely Changed My Life’
A stalker haphazardly posing as a cop demanded sensitive data from Verizon. Verizon complied, and the stalker drove to an address armed with a knife. 404 Media spoke to the victim.
AI
Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real
The once-prophesized future where cheap, AI-generated trash content floods out the hard work of real humans is already here, and is already taking over Facebook.
AI
Company Brags About Using Smart Device Microphone Audio to Target Ads on Their Podcast
MindSift is the tiny company that says it’s using device microphone data to target ads.
Twitter Now Showing Ads For Nonconsensual 'AI Undress' Apps
Elon Musk's X scrapes straight through the bottom of the barrel, continues digging.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Marketing Company Claims It's Listening To Your Convos
This week, we discuss the media giant that claimed to have technology that can actively listen to consumers through their devices.
News
Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads
“What would it mean for your business if you could target potential clients who are actively discussing their need for your services in their day-to-day conversations? No, it's not a Black Mirror episode—it's Voice Data, and CMG has the capabilities to use it to your business advantage.”
Security
Ubiquiti Users Somehow Being Fed Access to Strangers' Security Cameras
"This is not expected behavior," Ubiquiti said on Reddit.
medicine
Freezing My Eggs Felt Like Spinning a Slot Machine With My Ovaries
The cost of medications, testing, retrieval, and storage involved in egg freezing is just one series of numbers in a process and procedure that feels like a combination of math, alchemy, and luck.
inflation
Hackers Popped a Porn Site for Inflation Fetishists
InflateVids went down after it was hacked in what administrators say was a random attack.
repair
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them
After breaking trains simply because an independent repair shop had worked on them, NEWAG is now demanding that trains fixed by hackers be removed from service.
Podcast
Podcast: How Did a 'Russian Economist' Fly into LAX With No Ticket, No Passport, No Memory of How He Got There?
On this week's episode we discuss the bizarre case of Sergey Ochigava, who somehow flew from Denmark to the US with no ticket or passport. What happened? No one knows.
FOIA
The Navy Bought ‘Global’ Surveillance Data Through Adtech Company Owned by Military Contractor
nContext looks like an ordinary adtech or marketing company. It's actually owned by military contracting giant Sierra Nevada Corporation.