New from 404 Media: Mr Deepfakes, the biggest deepfake nonconsensual porn site on the internet, say it's shutting down for good “A critical service provider has terminated service permanently. Data loss has made it impossible to continue operation.”
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Mr. Deepfakes, the Biggest Deepfake Porn Site on the Internet, Says It’s Shutting Down for Good
The biggest site for nonconsensual deepfake porn on the internet says it’s shutting down and not coming back.
New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach
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The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
I wrote a bit more about the unanswered questions and issues raised by Mike Waltz's use of a Signal fork that archives messages, which we broke news of yesterday:
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Behind the Blog: The News Hits Different
This week, we discuss eyebrow-raising apps, more media mess, and lovingly gazing at AI slop.
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New from 404 Media: Mike Waltz has inadvertently revealed the obscure app the government is using to archive Signal messages. Made by a company called TeleMessage. Use of the Signal clone raises questions about how messages being secured, what classification of info
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Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages
A photograph of Trump administration official Mike Waltz's phone shows him using an unofficial version of Signal designed to archive messages durin...
New from 404 Media: the person who just acquired Polygon is the porn mogul who co-founded Brazzers
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Polygon Acquired by Porn Mogul Who Co-Founded Brazzers
Before he founded Valnet, Hassan Youssef started one of the biggest porn sites on the internet.
New in what might become a semi-regular 404 Media segment—RECESSION INDICATOR: Bookings for the German Tour Bus in My Neighborhood Are Down 30%
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Recession Indicator: Bookings for the German Tour Bus in Los Angeles Are Down 30%
Donald Trump: "Tourism is way up."
The infamous 'You Wouldn't Steal a Car' anti-piracy font was actually pirated itself. “I was aware of the campaign using my font, but not that they actually used the illegal clone,” the creator told us. “The irony is extremely funny indeed.”
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The Infamous ‘You Wouldn’t Steal a Car’ Anti-Piracy Font Was Pirated. But By Who?
You wouldn't download an illegal font ... unless you wanted to use it to sell a modem for the Sega Genesis?
The 404 Media Podcast is up! - Meta's AI chatbots are a disaster - the wildly unethical AI test on unsuspecting Reddit users - subscribers-only: the age of realtime deepfake fraud is here Apple/YouTube/Spotify:
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Podcast: Meta's AI Chatbots Are a Disaster
Meta's wild AI chatbots; a wildly unethical piece of research on Reddit; and the age of realtime deepfake fraud is here.
New from 404 Media: the government registered 'TheTrillionDollarDinner.gov' around the time of Trump's pay-to-play memecoins dinner announcement. The top 220 investors in $TRUMP will get a chance to meet him. Domains show potential plans to use gov resources for it
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‘TheTrillionDollarDinner.Gov’ Registered Around Time of Trump’s Pay-to-Play Memecoin Dinner Announcement
Other official government domains included DinnerForAmerica.gov and TheTrillion.Gov, and signal that there may have been plans to incorporate offic...
Trump Demands Amazon Deny the Reality of What His Tariffs Are Doing to Prices
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Trump Demands Amazon Deny the Reality of What His Tariffs Are Doing to Prices
This morning the White House Press Secretary accused Amazon of conducting a 'hostile political action.'