Podcast

Joseph talks to Craig Silverman about how open source intelligence (OSINT) has changed over the years, and his new outlet Indicator.

How we tracked ourselves with exposed Flock cameras; a year in review; and our personal recommendations on all sorts of things.

Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket joins the pod to talk about indie journalism, the industry, and what's going on in the federal government

A man was charged for allegedly wiping a phone before CBP could search it; an Anthropic exec forced AI onto a Discord community that didn't want it; and we talk the Disney-OpenAI deal.

Our new zine; a very strange change at Instagram; and the creator of ICEBlock is suing the U.S. government.

Noelle and Sam discuss everything from sexbots and AI porn to censorship, age verification legislation, and their favorite parody porn flicks.

Something very strange is happening on Apple Podcasts; someone seemingly changed a map of the Ukraine war in connection with a betting site; and now half of the U.S. requires a face or ID scan to watch porn.

Joseph talks to a former FBI official about how the FBI secretly ran an encrypted phone for organized criminals, sweeping up tens of millions of messages.

A breach shows people are making AI porn of ordinary people at scale; X exposes the location of its biggest MAGA grifters; and how we contributed to the shut down of a warrantless surveillance program.

We talk the terrible format of the latest Epstein dump; how a contractor is hiring randos on LinkedIn to physically track immigrants for $300; and a new code of conduct in the adult industry.