New from 404 Media: Home Depot and Lowe's are sharing data from hundreds of AI cameras with cops. Records show a cop in Texas for example is able to search Flock cameras at Lowe's across the country. These stores are "contributing to the massive surveillance dragnet"
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Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops
Home improvement stores are finding ways to share data from their Flock license plate reader cameras with law enforcement, according to public reco...
The 404 Media Podcast is up! - Google indexing people's ChatGPT convos - how Wikipedia is fighting AI slop - subscribers: how we got to the Steam/Itch censorship Apple/Spotify/YouTube [redownload if you accidentally have last week's ep]:
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Podcast: Google Is Exposing Peoples’ ChatGPT Secrets
Shared ChatGPT indexed by Google; how Wikipedia is fighting AI slop; and the history of how we got to Steam censorship.
Constitution sections on due process and foreign gifts just vanished from Congress' website Include provisions such as habeas corpus, forbidding the naming of titles of nobility, and forbidding foreign emoluments for U.S. officials.
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Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Just Vanished from Congress' Website
Part of Article I Section 8, and all of Sections 9 and 10, which address things like habeas corpus, nobility, and militias, are gone from Congress'...
ICE is about to go on a recruitment ad blitz, including on Hulu, HBO Max, and Amazon Prime
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ICE Is About To Go on a Social Media and TV Ad Recruiting Blitz
Contracting records reviewed by 404 Media show that ICE wants to target Gen Z, including with ads on Hulu and HBO Max.
New from 404 Media: ICE is about to go on a social media and TV ad recruiting blitz, according to contracting records. Shows ICE wants to target Gen Z and have ads on Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime. Will also geofence areas to target particular people. Wants to hire 14k
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ICE Is About To Go on a Social Media and TV Ad Recruiting Blitz
Contracting records reviewed by 404 Media show that ICE wants to target Gen Z, including with ads on Hulu and HBO Max.
Tea user files a class action against Tea, cites the two data breaches we first reported. First, selfies + driver licenses. Second, more than a million DMs
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Tea User Files Class Action After Women’s Safety App Exposes Data
The Plaintiff claims Tea harmed her and ‘thousands of other similarity situated persons in the massive and preventable cyberattack.’
Several Reddit communities dedicated to sharing news and media from conflicts around the world now require users in the UK to submit a photo ID or selfie in order to prove they are old enough to view “mature” content. Includes r/IsraelCrimes, r/UkraineWarFootage.
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UK Users Need to Post Selfie or Photo ID to View Reddit's r/IsraelCrimes, r/UkraineWarFootage
“If visibility of r/IsraelCrimes is being restricted under the Online Safety Act, it’s only because the state fears accountability,” moderato...
Los Angeles tomorrow: - July 30, 6PM - at RIP Space - free for 404 Media subscribers, $10 everyone else - free beer/wine - live pod recording about the tech behind ICE - tickets and subscriber code here:
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Come Party With Us In Los Angeles July 30
404 Media is throwing a live podcast and party at RIP.SPACE in the Arts District.
New: Tea has turned off DMs after we found it was possible for hackers to get them. We obtained a cache of more than a million DMs, discussing abortions, cheating, more. I told Tea about this issue on Saturday. Tea only disabled DMs after we published on Monday
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Tea App Turns Off DMs After Exposing Messages About Abortions, Cheating
404 Media first contacted Tea about the security issue on Saturday. The company disabled direct messages on Monday after our report.
New from 404 Media: Meta is going to let job candidates use AI during coding tests, according to internal Meta communications we've seen. "This is more representative of the developer environment that our future employees will work in."
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Meta Is Going to Let Job Candidates Use AI During Coding Tests
"This is more representative of the developer environment that our future employees will work in."