
About this episode
We start this week with Jason’s story about Flock exposing a bunch of AI-powered cameras. These cameras zoom in on people as they walk by, sometimes so closely you can read what’s on their phone screen. After the break, we talk about some of our biggest stories this year. In the subscribers-only section, we give some of our personal recommendations of games, other reporting, or just a more chill life.
Timestamps:0:00 - Intro00:54 - Gift a 404 Media subscription2:27 - Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves26:34 - Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website29:52 - Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages34:29 - How Tea’s Founder Convinced Millions of Women to Spill Their Secrets, Then Exposed Them to the World44:59 - Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
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