News
Inside the Booming 'AI Pimping' Industry
AI-generated influencers that steal content from human models and adult content creators have taken over Instagram.
News
Pregnancy Tracking App ‘What to Expect’ Refuses to Fix Issue that Allows Full Account Takeover
Vulnerabilities in the popular What to Expect app include one that allows a full account take over, and another that exposes that email address of forum admins.
AI
Absurd AI Slop About How Elon Musk Will Fix America Is Megaviral on Facebook
Some of the most popular content on Facebook leading up to the election was AI-generated Elon Musk inspiration porn made by people in other countries that went viral in the US.
Podcast
Podcast: How Apple is Locking Out Cops
We talk about Apple's latest security change, the big move to Bluesky, and how we plan to cover the next administration.
Meta
AI Chatbot Added to Mushroom Foraging Facebook Group Immediately Gives Tips for Cooking Dangerous Mushroom
The chatbot said that a mushroom that hyperaccumulates arsenic can be prepared by "sautéing in butter."
FOIA
'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data
The Secret Service has used a technology called Locate X which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the Secret Service believes it doesn't need a warrant.
News
Here’s the Indictment Against the Alleged Snowflake and AT&T Hacker
The indictment also charges a second hacker that 404 Media previously reported as being linked to the AT&T breach.
News
Amazon Confirms Breach of Employee Data
The breach includes the employees’ name, work contact information, and what location they work at.
Surveillance
The Open Source Project DeFlock Is Mapping License Plate Surveillance Cameras All Over the World
DeFlock has mapped the locations of more than a thousand ALPRs around the United States and thousands more around the world.
The Abstract
This Black Hole Is Eating So Much Matter that It Defies Known Science
May I present: a hungry singularity, movie brains, Pompeii bling, and elephant showers.
News
Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops
On Thursday 404 Media reported that police were freaking out about mysteriously rebooting iPhones. Now multiple experts have found that Apple introduced code that reboots locked phones after a period of time.
News
Nintendo Sues Streamer of Emulated, Pre-Released Games
The streamer, who opened new channels when Nintendo shut them down, said he “can do this all day.”
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: iPhone Mysteries and Sex Strikes
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we talk about the question "are people nutting to that?", doomscrolling on election night, and calls for Lysistrata 2024.
