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Before the US election Sen. Wyden cites 404 Media, NOTUS, & Krebs on Security reporting showing a tool called Locate X can warrantless track phones at abortion clinics. "These tracking tools present a pressing danger for women across the country."

MS NOW

How women's phones became a tool for abortion surveillance

Americans shouldn’t accept a reality where their phones are sleeper agents for stalkers and fundamentalist politicians.

Read this from @Jason Koebler, whose father worked at The Washington Post for 30 years printing the physical paper. Relying on the interest of billionaires to keep journalism alive is not sustainable. The Billionaire Is the Threat, Not the Solution

404 Media

The Billionaire Is the Threat, Not the Solution

Jeff Bezos is not the answer at The Washington Post. And billionaire funding is not the answer for journalism.

Here is my recent DEF CON talk on Anom, the encrypted phone secretly ran by the FBI. All about the phone, the network, how Anom was structured, who used it, what this means for Signal, Telegram, more

New from 404 Media: we've found exactly how a Musk-funded PAC is microtargeting Muslims & Jews with opposing messages. Happening with adverts on Snapchat; digging through data we found the exact ZIP codes the PAC is targeting. Includes areas with mosques

404 Media

This Is Exactly How an Elon Musk-Funded PAC Is Microtargeting Muslims and Jews With Opposing Messages

The Future Coalition PAC is targeting according to ZIP code in highly specific ways.

New from 404 Media: leaked Slacks and interviews show paranoia and fear inside Automattic over the WordPress chaos. CEO posting ultimatums to Slack and is intercepting signup emails from Blind, the anonymous platform for workers. Could unmask users

404 Media

Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic Over WordPress Chaos

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg made another buyout offer this week, and threatened employees who speak to the press with termination.

New from 404 Media: leaked videos show how an app called "Impact" aims to manipulate social media. It sends a push notification to human supporters, who flood social media with AI-written talking points designed to game social media algorithms

404 Media

AI-Powered Social Media Manipulation App Promises to 'Shape Reality'

A prototype app called Impact describes “A Volunteer Fire Department For The Digital World,” which would summon real people to copy and paste A...

New from 404 Media: people are using AI to auto apply for jobs. Bot scrolls LinkedIn, opens job applications, writes cover letter. Users say they've got interviews We tested it. "By the time I finished breakfast, I had applied to 12 different jobs"

404 Media

‘I Applied to 2,843 Roles’: The Rise of AI-Powered Job Application Bots

Using AI Hawk's Auto Jobs Applier bot, I applied for 17 jobs in an hour on LinkedIn.

New: some Wikipedia editors have formed WikiProject AI Cleanup, “a collaboration to combat the increasing problem of unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content on Wikipedia.”

404 Media

The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes

WikiProject AI Cleanup is protecting Wikipedia from the same kind of misleading AI-generated information that has plagued the rest of the internet.

New from 404 Media: Telegram confirms it has provided U.S. user data to the authorities. I've been checking the Telegram transparency bot everyday for weeks. Today it is outputting data. More than a dozen requests impacting 100+ users. Phone/IPs

404 Media

Telegram Confirms it Gave U.S. User Data to the Cops

Telegram finally updated its transparency bot to provide data on law enforcement requests.