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Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.
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'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. For the first time, the group tells their story.
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I Gazed Lovingly Into Strangers’ Eyes on ‘Eyechat’
Neal Agarwal's eyes-only video chat sets you up with a stranger's eyes only.
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Co-Founder of DDoSecrets Was Dark Web Drug Kingpin
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.
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Here are the Hacker Tools a DEF CON Hotel is Hunting For
Resorts World is searching rooms daily for hacker tools. 404 Media obtained the list of hunted items.
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DEF CON Badge Maker Pulled Off Stage Amid Claims of Non-Payment and Failed Work
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.
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Behind the Blog: The Tasks In Front of Us
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 crushing and publishing stories and what goes into reporting on a leak.
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‘Airbnb Hopping’: How Hunted Hackers Stay on the Run From Kidnappers
Hackers are using false identities to book Airbnbs after being doxed and hunted by violent criminals.
Cops Used Facial Recognition on Lost iPhone Lock Screen to Find Post Office Robbers
Two men face felony charges after allegedly losing an iPhone in the snow after a break-in at a post office.
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Google Search Includes Paid Promotion of “Nudify” Apps
Google Search is providing promoted links to nonconsensual AI “undress” apps.
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Reddit Hentai Community Fights Over AI-Generated Monster Girls
r/MonsterGirl members are tired of AI-generated slop in its subreddit.
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Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From
Facebook itself is paying creators in India, Vietnam, and the Philippines for bizarre AI spam that they are learning to make from YouTube influencers and guides sold on Telegram.
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Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI
Internal emails, Slack conversations and documents obtained by 404 Media show how Nvidia created a yet-to-be-released video foundational model.