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New: I spoke to Samuel Tunick, the man the U.S. is charging with allegedly wiping his GrapheneOS phone before CBP could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people against protecting their data and their privacy.” www.404media.co/the-governme...

Substack introduced a feature that detects AI writing. Well, because a ton of people on Substack use AI to write their newsletters, they're now calling the feature a "witch hunt" “I’m not going to apologize for using AI in the creation process.” www.404media.co/substackers-...

Here's how one person spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to essentially get the world's location data, and introduced the government to the idea of buying location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on your phone Watch more and subscribe here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN4n...

Apple's iMessage scanning flagged a video of my friend's dog laying on her back as nudity; blurred it www.404media.co/apples-imess...

New from 404 Media: Wikimedia will not voluntarily recognize union a supermajority of its workers want Wikimedia waited until the days following its largest worldwide conference to issue a statement saying it would not voluntarily recognize a union of its workers. www.404media.co/wikimedia-wa...

New: a person opposing a data center was arrested for clapping at a city meeting Read more here: www.404media.co/person-oppos...

New: Spotify's AI problem has got so bad that random people are stepping in to track all the slop. There are now multiple sites/leaderboards that people can use to identify “AI artists hiding on Spotify. No bands, no studios, no soul, just machines and melody.” www.404media.co/spotifys-ai-...

Tons of peoples' Claude chats are exposed on Google. Cryptocurrency keys, API keys, login credentials, legal discussions, more. This happened with ChatGPT last year. And Claude too. There's clearly an ongoing issue with search engines indexing peoples' AI chats www.404media.co/tons-of-peop...

"I first met the Luddites a week earlier in Tompkins Square Park, for a press conference hosted by their official spokesperson: a puppet made of garbage." www.404media.co/luddite-even...

This is how cops are using Flock to track actual people, not just cars, with searches like “male with tattoos.” @josephcox.bsky.social breaks it down. Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSe...

Updated with Flock comment: Flock has walked back this feature www.404media.co/flocks-ceo-s...

Flock's CEO just told local media its license plate readers don't take video. This came after the LAPD cancelled its contract Except, Flock announced a new feature that can turn "all" Flock cameras into live video cameras. Flock has now deleted the announcement www.404media.co/flocks-ceo-s...

It is rare for the public to see such a large list of ICE’s technology capabilities in a single document. 404 Media has published the whole document, called “ICE Wide Analytical Tools," here: www.404media.co/leaked-docum... @josephcox.bsky.social reports:

There is a lot of good useful dialogue around Flock. There are also influencers who just make up shit like fake cease and desist letters for clout who aren’t helping anyone but are trying to mislead and monetize the debate. total clowns www.404media.co/the-rise-of-...

New from 404 Media: a leaked document shows the surveillance tech at ICE's fingerprints. We obtained the document, called "ICE Wide Analytical Tools" and are publishing it in full here. It includes everything from phone location data, to facial rec, to tracking cars www.404media.co/leaked-docum...

Next week we'll teach 404 Media subscribers how to pry records from the government. It's a new FOIA Forum, a livestream where we show you in realtime how to get all sorts of docs. Details: www.404media.co/our-new-foia... Not a subcriber? Become one here to access: 404media.co/membership

"For the time being, if you or someone on your crew has availability to secure black plastic bags (or something else) over the cameras, that would be great." www.404media.co/flock-object...

Here is how Flock cameras are tracking people, not cars Watch more and subscribe here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSe...

You opened a credit card. ICE now knows where you live. Here's how when you open a credit card your address leaves your bank, goes through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE. ICE plans to use this data for immigration and 'voter fraud'. No warrant More: www.404media.co/you-opened-a...

New from 404 Media: a company is selling tons of old books specifically to AI companies and says they have a strong NDA to never reveal which AI company bought all of the books. They don't want headlines of 'we scanned and destroyed millions of books for AI' www.404media.co/ai-companies...