Joseph Cox

Joseph Cox

Joseph is an award-winning investigative journalist focused on generating impact. His work has triggered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fines, shut down tech companies, and much more.
499 posts
More than 130,000 Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and Other LLM Chats Readable on Archive.org
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More than 130,000 Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and Other LLM Chats Readable on Archive.org

The issue of publicly saving shared LLM chats is bigger than just Google.
ICE Is Buying Mobile Iris Scanning Tech for Its Deportation Arm
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ICE Is Buying Mobile Iris Scanning Tech for Its Deportation Arm

MORIS and I.R.I.S. was designed for Sheriff's Offices to identify known persons with their iris. Now ICE says it plans to buy the tech.
Podcast: Google Is Exposing Peoples’ ChatGPT Secrets
Podcast

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.
ICE Is About To Go on a Social Media and TV Ad Recruiting Blitz
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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.
Nearly 100,000 ChatGPT Conversations Were Searchable on Google
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Nearly 100,000 ChatGPT Conversations Were Searchable on Google

A researcher has scraped a much larger dataset of indexed ChatGPT conversations, exposing contracts and intimate conversations.
Podcast: The Tea Hack Just Keeps Getting Worse
Podcast

Podcast: The Tea Hack Just Keeps Getting Worse

The massive Tea breach; how the UK's age verification law is impacting access to information; and LeBron James' AI-related cease-and-desist.
Tea User Files Class Action After Women’s Safety App Exposes Data
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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.’
Tea App Turns Off DMs After Exposing Messages About Abortions, Cheating
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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.
A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating
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A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating

The more than one million messages obtained by 404 Media are as recent as last week, discuss incredibly sensitive topics, and make it trivial to unmask some anonymous Tea users.
This Company Wants to Bring End-to-End Encrypted Messages to Bluesky’s AT Protocol
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This Company Wants to Bring End-to-End Encrypted Messages to Bluesky’s AT Protocol

Germ says it is the “first secure messaging service on the ATProtocol!”
Behind the Blog: Don't Record Me, Bro
Behind The Blog

Behind the Blog: Don't Record Me, Bro

This week, we discuss smart glasses for frat bros, Amazon comms messiness, and more.
Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan
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Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan

“DRIVERS LICENSES AND FACE PICS! GET THE FUCK IN HERE BEFORE THEY SHUT IT DOWN!” the thread read before being deleted.