In less than a week (Nov 11) the paperback of DARK WIRE goes on sale. Updated epilogue with more details. The true story of how the FBI secretly ran a tech company to wiretap the world. 404 Media readers have a 20% discount code in email or on our podcast
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Dark Wire
Written β€œin the manner of a good crime thriller” (The Wall Street Journal), the inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation eve...
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Essentially every time we write about abuse of Meta's Ray-Ban AI glasses, Meta tries to convince us the glasses are no different from an iPhone. Here's a helpful guide for Meta PR about the difference between AI glasses and phones 😊
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What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week - the $60 mod that disables the privacy-protecting light in Meta Ray-Ban smartglasses - how people are harassing others with the glasses - subscribers: the future of AI powered advertising Apple/Spotify/Youtube:
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Podcast: People Are Modding Meta Ray-Bans to Spy On You
We talk all about our articles on Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, and AI-generated ads personalized just for you.
We've found DHS is giving local cops a new facial recognition app to find immigrants. Point camera at face, tells the cop to detain person or not. The app is available on Google's Play Store. Google took down apps that report ICE sightings but now hosts this app
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DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working wit...
New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops
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DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working wit...
PSA from 404 Media: you can opt-out of a data broker selling your flight travel data to the government to be searched without a warrant. Here's how I did it. This is ARC, the data broker owned by major U.S. airlines like United, Delta, American, etc
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How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to ...
Hugely important academic paper repository arXiv says it will no longer accept Computer Science papers that are still under review due to the wave of AI-generated ones it has received. This will radically change preprint and open access scientific research
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arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
Cornell University’s arXiv will no longer accept Computer Science reviews and position papers.
New from 404 Media: logins for Flock, the company behind the nationwide AI-camera network, are included in malware infections. Includes government and police accounts, meaning hackers could potentially break in. Senator Wyden asking FTC to investigate Flock
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Flock Logins Exposed In Malware Infections, Senator Asks FTC to Investigate the Company
Lawmakers say AI-camera company Flock is violating federal law by not enforcing multi-factor authentication. 404 Media previously found Flock crede...
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You now get double the amount of the 404 Media Podcast. We're airing two episodes a week now, with one of those being an interview with someone we've crossed paths with. This week, Joshua Aaron, creator of ICEBlock. Subs get early access. Apple/Spotify/YouTube:
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The Crackdown on ICE Spotting Apps (with Joshua Aaron)
We speak to the creator of ICEBlock about Apple banning their app, and what this means for people trying to access information about ICE.
New from 404 Media: the future of advertising is AI generated ads that are directly personalized to you. We're already basically seeing this with the same AI Ticketmaster ads being tweaked to different sports teams etc. Meta is pushing for this AI personalization
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The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You
"Advertisers are increasingly just going to be able to give us a business objective and give us a credit card or bank account, and have the AI syst...