The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week:
- Trump take LEGO (and other hobbies impacted by tariffs)
- how OnlyFans piracy is ruining the internet for everyone (including takedowns against our site)
- subscribers-only: lottt of ChatGPT stuff
Apple/Spotify/YouTube:
Hackers compromised an artist platform, and now are threatening to upload all of the artists' art to AI tools if the platform doesn't pay up. A novel extortion strategy
Here is the public procurement record showing that ICE is to regain access to its $2 million purchase of Paragon spyware. Paragon sells powerful mobile phone spyware to governments. Biden admin stopped ICE at time; now lifted (
New from 404 Media: here's how OnlyFans piracy is ruining the internet for everyone. Companies that file takedown requests for adult creators are targeting the wrong sites/services. We know because we got hit with one, removing our unrelated article from Google
In this week's Behind the Blog, I wrote more about the publicly available map that includes images ripped from dash cams around the U.S. Still has privacy concerns even if blurred
New from 404 Media: LEGO has stopped shipping individual bricks to the U.S. because of Trump's tariffs. LEGO fans online said that they saw their shopping carts emptied in the middle of building projects.
Here is the bonus podcast we recorded at our second year anniversary! We answered a bunch of questions from subscribers and attendees. Some weird ones too.
Apple/Spotify/YouTube:
Tariffs are here and they're causing complete chaos on eBay, every hobby now a logistical minefield. Buying cameras, retro games, skincare, flashlights, sex toys, watches, and anything else from overseas just became far more complicated, slow, and expensive.
New from 404 Media: Imgur's community is in a full on revolt against its owner. Full of pictures of John Oliver raising his middle finger and telling MediaLab AI, the site’s parent company, “fuck you.” Spoke to former employee about lay-offs with no notice too
