FOIA
Our New FOIA Forum! 11/19, 1PM ET
Come learn how researchers and others learned what cops were using Flock's nationwide network of cameras for, including searches for ICE.
News
Vape Shop Owners Face Federal Charges for Selling Boner Pills as 'Amazing Honey'
Z Smoke Shop in Florida was allegedly selling mislabeled Viagra and Cialis, as well as candy and snack that violated major brands' trademarks, a federal indictment says.
Tickets
Scalpers Work With Hackers to Liberate Ticketmaster's ‘Non-Transferable’ Tickets
Scalpers have reverse-engineered how Ticketmaster creates tickets, and are now generating and selling them on their own parallel infrastructure.
News
Players Celebrate Mod That Deletes Homeless People in Cities: Skylines II
“Bye Bye Homeless” fixes a bug in the city building game by deleting homeless people that players couldn’t evict or find new housing for.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Dogs, Fireworks, and Gaming
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 turning our brains off with some gaming for the long weekend, dogs and fireworks, and the staying power of a meme.
r/SecurityClearance Is the Best Subreddit
An unhinged subreddit of people sharing their secrets before they share them with the U.S. government.
News
Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug
“While these uses of GenAI are often neither overtly malicious nor explicitly violate these tools’ content policies or terms of services, their potential for harm is significant.”
Podcast
Podcast: Your Identity Hacked, Yet Verified
An ID verification service for TikTok, Uber, and X exposed drivers' licenses; the FBI think it knows who is behind a Zoom Bombing ring; and Fiverr freelancing are offering to dox people for $30.
News
Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App
“Ultimately it is my fault for not insisting on a better QA process for this work and pushing our team hard to hit a deadline,” Figma’s CEO said.
News
Fiverr Freelancers Offer to Dox Anyone With Powerful U.S. Data Tool
Dozens of Fiverr sellers are advertising access to TLOxp, a potent data surveillance tool sold by credit bureau TransUnion.
Zoom Bombing
'Local Residents' Terrorizing City Council Meetings Were Actually Overseas, Feds Allege
A racist 'Zoom Bombing' group was made up of American teenagers collaborating on a Roblox-owned chat with foreign nationals, according to a criminal complaint.
cars
Car Rental Service Replaces Desk Agents With People On Video Chat
A Nu Car Rentals office in Charlotte, North Carolina offers only "virtual assistance" to customers.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Too Many Tabs and Generative AI Hype
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 exciting new updates to the podcast, having too many tabs open, and the generative AI boom.