2026-04-13T13:31:07Z https://yabu.me Joseph Cox https://yabu.me/npub1n2yd9u680fy6ux6uf7sdkrh387yv3f8jfn5mp4q5ffpuw8mm88uqucqlcl https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/accounts/avatars/109/322/763/164/014/554/original/caeb92dd129286c9.jpg https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/accounts/avatars/109/322/763/164/014/554/original/caeb92dd129286c9.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv4s8azjeg3d0p7rlvme8fln0h5jdatu6r5ay6xp33ylqfv5fwyrgzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulslqn8zc Some people are actually pretty sad Meta is killing the metaverse <a href="https://www.404media.co/the-people-left-behind-by-the-metaverse/">https://www.404media.co/the-people-left-behind-by-the-metaverse/</a> 2026-03-25T13:50:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfmwxtau6dtdzqgzn5h9zkhr5zf30pyymvs45m9mhmm6cqeepv7rqzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vuls8g93ux wrote about the fun of just being a little rook in marathon <a href="https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-marathon-and-the-metaverse/">https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-marathon-and-the-metaverse/</a> 2026-03-20T16:31:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs988jrfnujll25twecx4ktyytrlyg6jmhrfqx0al42arrmqd99trqzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsv0k63u New from 404 Media: a tiny city in Michigan say it is legitimately fearful of Iranian drone strikes now because of plans to build a new data center that will help nuclear weapons research. Even city&#39;s own attorney says &#34;bulls eye&#34; on the city, residents pushing back<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/tiny-city-fears-iran-drone-strikes-because-of-new-nuclear-weapons-datacenter/">https://www.404media.co/tiny-city-fears-iran-drone-strikes-because-of-new-nuclear-weapons-datacenter/</a> 2026-03-20T13:57:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfvm7vx8ttslfcqkm0kxw8gffnltszzp95splw55m7ehhuyzkjgxqzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulstmqna9 The complete and utter failure of the metaverse is a reminder [...] that quite often these oligarchs quite simply cannot relate to real people, don’t know how or why people use their products, and very often have no idea what they’re doing <a href="https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/">https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/</a> 2026-03-19T17:47:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswjqlhg67888305urshf09f4pfw7um4m3qtjxwu7rxky59zqesapqzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsdcmp5a New from 404 Media: Tinder plans to use AI to scan your camera roll. AI will scan users’ locally-stored photos to help construct profiles by determining what users’ interests and values are. Designed to filters explicit photos but users may still be concerned <a href="https://www.404media.co/tinder-plans-to-let-ai-scan-your-camera-roll/">https://www.404media.co/tinder-plans-to-let-ai-scan-your-camera-roll/</a> 2026-03-19T14:47:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxeuqq2n78nwchtegw77nvul60xdy8ttrtgtq7v3h8dtrjelpjawszyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vuls39etcx North Oaks is the only city in the U.S. not on Google Street View. Because homeowners own the roads too, Google can&#39;t map them. So Chris Parr flew a drone through the city, got it on Street View. Interesting experiment in who gets or affords privacy vs those who don&#39;t <a href="https://www.404media.co/mapping-googles-unmappable-city/">https://www.404media.co/mapping-googles-unmappable-city/</a> 2026-03-19T13:46:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgwv22u8zztyemsj0rlctg7fungec0xc2qy5haerkg97wayevx8zszyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vuls3wfjm5 👽 Aliens.gov is real 👽<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/government-registers-aliens-gov-domain/">https://www.404media.co/government-registers-aliens-gov-domain/</a> 2026-03-18T14:29:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2jlr639egcqpkpn4c9rxztn88ddwjwflvmyrkn665kmuvjsvkctgzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulshw6jug It is very crazy a judge ordered the DOGE depositions removed from YouTube. <br/><br/>Watch more, subscribe here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMniLj_yzQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMniLj_yzQ</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/250/543/052/296/902/original/d93e9d74f722f7e0.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-03-18T14:01:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9wylhy7jhy53eq5vw7nz0rz3n699vwraxksgjfvluhe5a06gm0dqzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vuls7mhk56 A new study finds that texting a random stranger is probably better to mitigate loneliness than talking to an AI-powered chatbot<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/">https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/</a> 2026-03-16T17:05:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq686vmrnzftde9phuv3tjqhhd8ymznle5jswn2jwgpf6fzhh2g7czyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsh4m7k7 A judge in England tossed out testimony after a witness was being coached on what to say through a pair of smartglasses. When the voice of the coach started coming through the accompanying cellphone, the witness blamed the whole thing on ChatGPT. <a href="https://www.404media.co/witness-caught-using-smartglasses-in-court-blames-it-all-on-chatgpt/">https://www.404media.co/witness-caught-using-smartglasses-in-court-blames-it-all-on-chatgpt/</a> 2026-03-16T14:43:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszxwr4usfp6nf2h5ssaj8zn8tpa9ulcn4h07naku28ma2d56hhtuszyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsufhgmj New from 404 Media: the removed DOGE deposition videos have already been backed up across the internet. A judge ordered their removal from YouTube on Friday. By Saturday, the videos were available on the Internet Archive and as a torrent file <a href="https://www.404media.co/the-removed-doge-deposition-videos-have-already-been-backed-up-across-the-internet/">https://www.404media.co/the-removed-doge-deposition-videos-have-already-been-backed-up-across-the-internet/</a> 2026-03-14T16:02:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq5yaqzmu2wnhyptwnkv7ftxjrl9peta04f2hj49x7mekekhan9vqzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulseqk5cs Breaking: the DOGE deposition videos have been taken off YouTube. On Friday the government asked a judge to intervene, said the videos could cause reputational damage, death threats. Judge agreed, ordered them removed: <a href="https://www.404media.co/doge-deposition-videos-taken-down-after-judge-order-and-widespread-mockery/">https://www.404media.co/doge-deposition-videos-taken-down-after-judge-order-and-widespread-mockery/</a> 2026-03-14T00:22:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs869r6lh07de44as29gakhmsg4vjyzupngzaumm4wvnedvr8afs8qzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vuls7sjckd In Kenya, we spoke to the data labelers powering U.S. AI companies. They include someone who had to watch porn all day, annotate it, then had to flirt and sext with people over an AI chatbot. The users thought they were sexting an AI. It was actually a person.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/">https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/</a> 2026-03-12T18:36:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvgj6l3sxx5rjl3cvpkwmz2shxcg575krm56vkp0a47gs99x3yp7qzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulser0yjn I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It&#39;s a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn&#39;t really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here&#39;s what they said: <a href="https://www.404media.co/i-watched-6-hours-of-doge-bro-testimony-heres-what-they-had-to-say-for-themselves/">https://www.404media.co/i-watched-6-hours-of-doge-bro-testimony-heres-what-they-had-to-say-for-themselves/</a> 2026-03-12T17:28:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5vw3c2ssul46te2tza2znr95lf8nf2jer4rdatjmfg0fz3lr0xczyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulswmuqe7 New from 404 Media: here is the memo approving ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot in the Senate. Raises questions about how sensitive data will be handled; memo says staff can use AI in all sorts of work, like drafting, research, etc. Has been approved to use &#34;Senate data&#34; <a href="https://www.404media.co/heres-the-memo-approving-gemini-chatgpt-and-copilot-for-use-in-the-senate/">https://www.404media.co/heres-the-memo-approving-gemini-chatgpt-and-copilot-for-use-in-the-senate/</a> 2026-03-11T15:44:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspkyy383rj0n6hcpsad3w7gt0exglqzudw5emmkajkkmcnu92y6rqzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsq6wj76 We recently answered a ton of questions about ICE, Palantir, Flock, the surveillance industry, and more. This is our breakdown of the state of surveillance in 2026: <a href="https://www.404media.co/flock-ice-surveillance-technology-reddit-ama/">https://www.404media.co/flock-ice-surveillance-technology-reddit-ama/</a> 2026-03-11T14:56:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz6t794fcx2q2syh93q2cjnzfehxswwhft4ncyu9hfnq6t7aaudfszyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsz08jk6 We got photos and video of the Cybertruck that nearly barreled off an overpass while using full self driving. Lawsuit says Tesla is to blame because Musk has oversold the truck’s ability to drive itself<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/cybertruck-tried-to-drive-straight-off-an-overpass-attorney-claims/">https://www.404media.co/cybertruck-tried-to-drive-straight-off-an-overpass-attorney-claims/</a> 2026-03-10T23:22:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqucnt39fv82dnp3hxvhe72tf6xkpavrghwsahw4fmy8nr89efzaczyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vuls97vk6n For months I&#39;ve been following what happened when a company forced AI into the world of craft beer. Legal threats, people quitting, and beer judges in revolt over being told to use AI. <br/><br/>&#34;It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up&#34;<br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/what-happened-when-ai-came-for-craft-beer-canadian-beer-awards-best-beer-app/">https://www.404media.co/what-happened-when-ai-came-for-craft-beer-canadian-beer-awards-best-beer-app/</a> 2025-10-13T13:34:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9n78u2q2l7kuey9z2rfx2k370hhlyd5lrur350d0dhf8w6cffjlgzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vuls207hxl New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users&#39; worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users&#39; selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification<br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/the-discord-hack-is-every-users-worst-nightmare/">https://www.404media.co/the-discord-hack-is-every-users-worst-nightmare/</a> 2025-10-09T15:28:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdrk09m3sudx5u6lcsfd8f5nsvta2wnpea23wn729ute9ztja5npszyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulscflay3 In an unhinged speech, Pete Hesgeth says he&#39;s tired of &#34;fat troops&#34; and says the U.S. military needs to go full AI<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/in-unhinged-speech-pete-hegseth-says-hes-tired-of-fat-troops-says-military-needs-to-go-full-ai/">https://www.404media.co/in-unhinged-speech-pete-hegseth-says-hes-tired-of-fat-troops-says-military-needs-to-go-full-ai/</a> 2025-09-30T15:17:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9647nppv52qcywydd9xzl30e42pemgg7wfpj5chetxxtytyffxgzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsxee800 New from 404 Media: Reddit mods sued by YouTuber Ethan Klein are fighting a subpoena designed to unmask their real identities. They fear &#34;sexual violence, extortion, fans showing up to their home, and endless years of harassment,&#34; asking judge to not grant it<br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/reddit-mods-sued-by-youtuber-ethan-klein-fight-efforts-to-unmask-them/">https://www.404media.co/reddit-mods-sued-by-youtuber-ethan-klein-fight-efforts-to-unmask-them/</a> 2025-09-29T19:14:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqva5zupy3fq6qje8w2cc6395cave5rhvyyhvv892rp8fzkgyjfrgzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsnj5y00 New from 404 Media: crime-awareness app Citizen is using AI to generate alerts, and then pushing them without any human involvement. The AI is publishing incorrect info, gory details, personal data. Only fixed after live. Comes as Citizen laid off 13 union workers <a href="https://www.404media.co/citizen-is-using-ai-to-generate-crime-alerts-with-no-human-review-its-making-a-lot-of-mistakes/">https://www.404media.co/citizen-is-using-ai-to-generate-crime-alerts-with-no-human-review-its-making-a-lot-of-mistakes/</a> 2025-08-25T13:09:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspzy7pqkus72qq45ymkuxhrp2ns9w8huvcuyz8cl7wsej50rejefgzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vuls98nar4 I spoke to the hackers who may end up supercharging car thefts, using a tool that can break into nearly 200 models of vehicles. And the tool might be public and free soon <a href="https://www.404media.co/inside-the-underground-trade-of-flipper-zero-tech-to-break-into-cars/">https://www.404media.co/inside-the-underground-trade-of-flipper-zero-tech-to-break-into-cars/</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/067/447/108/851/323/original/3e2e403a540f5b80.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-08-21T15:25:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8g5nusmxunp3taeqnnmtc4aqg0ztu26rcqndfngw33xv0lhswe5qzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsq0sq4s New from 404 Media: ICE added a random person to group chat, exposed highly sensitive details about an active manhunt in real-time. The person says they were added weeks ago, thought they were scam texts until start seeing data lookups etc. Incredible security failure <a href="https://www.404media.co/ice-adds-random-person-to-group-chat-exposes-details-of-manhunt-in-real-time/">https://www.404media.co/ice-adds-random-person-to-group-chat-exposes-details-of-manhunt-in-real-time/</a> 2025-08-14T16:57:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8vy6352m89gtvhttqdg0uavxunlv2cmt5lkp6ha2mkqz3kt4hk7czyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsgj9eay New from 404 Media: Spotify is publishing AI-generated songs on the official pages of real artists. One problem: those artists died years ago. &#34;One of their talented software engineers could stop this fraudulent practice in its tracks, if they had the will to do so.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/spotify-publishes-ai-generated-songs-from-dead-artists-without-permission/">https://www.404media.co/spotify-publishes-ai-generated-songs-from-dead-artists-without-permission/</a> 2025-07-21T18:45:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx96g2z3rry4vlykrcmlvqvk8kmfvvj9e9dxjx0ayaue255wpt9dqzyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulszal8aa New from 404 Media: authors are getting caught leaving AI prompts in their novels, telling the AI to follow someone else&#39;s style. We bought a copy to confirm.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/authors-are-accidentally-leaving-ai-prompts-in-their-novels/">https://www.404media.co/authors-are-accidentally-leaving-ai-prompts-in-their-novels/</a> 2025-05-23T13:33:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrt8pj2s69pj89fuhsrewnagd6n7xhj496rqken7mefw4nvshflyszyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsu9ghna New from 404 Media: Mr Deepfakes, the biggest deepfake nonconsensual porn site on the internet, say it&#39;s shutting down for good<br/><br/>“A critical service provider has terminated service permanently. Data loss has made it impossible to continue operation.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/mr-deepfakes-the-biggest-deepfake-porn-site-on-the-internet-says-its-shutting-down-for-good/">https://www.404media.co/mr-deepfakes-the-biggest-deepfake-porn-site-on-the-internet-says-its-shutting-down-for-good/</a> 2025-05-05T01:02:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswkj6q39vq78274zkf773yyz57yuk9sdens97k97fxgzc2rk0wxzszyzdg35hngaayntsmt386pkcw7ylc3j9y7fxwnvx5z39y83cl0vulsz6lvcv New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users&#39; messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach <a href="https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/">https://www.404media.co/the-signal-clone-the-trump-admin-uses-was-hacked/</a> 2025-05-04T22:01:21Z