On this week's episode you won't hear Jason because he is out on location reporting from a right to repair conference in New Orleans! Before that, he was in Las Vegas reporting on the ongoing ransomware crisis impacting MGM casinos. But you will hear Joseph, Sam, and Emanuel discuss a tool that ICE has purchased which gives it access to data from a pregnancy tracking website.Then after the break, we talk about the latest update to an ongoing sex trafficking case Sam has been following for years, and Emanuel talks about why game developers he spoke to are up in arms about recent changes to the game engine Unity.iFixit Drastically and Retroactively Reduces ‘Repairability Score’ of the Current iPhoneI Gambled in MGM's Hacked CasinosInside ShadowDragon, The Tool That Lets ICE Monitor Pregnancy Tracking Sites and Fortnite PlayersOriginal ‘Girls Do Porn’ Actor and Owner of MomPOV.com Arrested on Felony ChargesGirls Do Porn Actor and MomPOV.com Owner Indicted on Sex Trafficking Charges“This Is a Disaster:” Game Developers Scramble to Deal With Unity’s New Fees Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode Joseph, Jason, Emanuel and Sam first talk about something that sounds like a Harry Styles story, but it's actually an artificial intelligence one. We also play a few rounds of “Is That Audio Snippet an AI Generated Version of Harry Styles or Is It a Real Section of a Leaked Harry Styles Song?”After the break, Joseph runs us through a massive secret he revealed: the so-called “third country” that intercepted tens of millions of encrypted messages on behalf of the FBI.The Specter of AI-Generated 'Leaked Songs' Is Tearing the Harry Styles Fandom ApartRevealed: The Country that Secretly Wiretapped the World for the FBIFor an ad-free version of this podcast and to access bonus episodes, become a subscriber at 404media.co. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode Joseph, Jason, Emanuel and Sam first talk about how Amazon is selling mushroom foraging books that appear to be AI-generated. Not great when foraging can be a matter of life or death. After the break, Joseph explains how he tracked someone through the New York subway using a privacy-leaking feature on an MTA website.‘Life or Death:’ AI-Generated Mushroom Foraging Books Are All Over AmazonI Tracked an NYC Subway Rider's Movements with an MTA ‘Feature’NYC Subway Will Disable ‘Feature’ That Leaked Trip History After 404 Media InvestigationFor an ad-free version of this podcast and to access bonus episodes, become a subscriber at 404media.co. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode Joseph, Jason, Emanuel and Sam first talk about how Instagram is profiting from a vast network of adverts for crime. Instagram even throttled our reach on the platform while continuing to rake in cash from these ads! After the break, we move onto two AI-related stories from Emanuel and Sam. Stuff gets weird. There is a content warning at the top of the show, but we're repeating it in the show notes for this section.Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and WeaponsInstagram Throttles 404 Media Investigation Into Drug Ads on Instagram, Continues to Let People Advertise DrugsInside the AI Porn Marketplace Where Everything and Everyone Is for SaleThe Community Pushing AI-Generated Porn to ‘the Edge of Knowledge’For an ad-free version of this podcast and to access bonus episodes, become a subscriber at 404media.co. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to 404 Media! On this special introductory episode, 404 Media co-founders Joseph Cox, Sam Cole, Emanuel Maiberg, and Jason Koebler explain what's in store for this new, journalist-founded media outlet. After the break, Joseph and Jason break down how violent criminals have managed to gain access to a supply chain of data that lets them dox nearly anyone in America. Most of the country likely has no idea their data is collected and sold this way, and certainly don't know that criminals now have access too.Subscribe to 404 Media at 404media.co to gain access to an ad-free version of this podcast, as well as bonus podcast content. Subscribers are the bedrock of building a sustainable business for our journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.