This week on the 404 Media Podcast we talk all about the $60 mod people are buying to disable the privacy-protecting recording light on Meta's Ray-Ban AI glasses. Light is supposed to warn others you're recording. Now, possibly to film without anyone knowing
New from 404 Media: logins for Flock, the company behind the nationwide AI-camera network, are included in malware infections. Includes government and police accounts, meaning hackers could potentially break in. Senator Wyden asking FTC to investigate Flock
A CBP agent wore Meta smart glasses to an immigration raid:
https://www.404media.co/a-cbp-agent-wore-meta-smart-glasses-to-an-immigration-raid-in-los-angeles/
Another flight of an aircraft with no call sign circling above anti-ICE protests. It took off from March Air Reserve Base, circled above Paramount, and is now circling above downtown LA (the National Guard is moving protesters away from the Metropolitan Detention Center downtown)
New from 404 Media: authors are getting caught leaving AI prompts in their novels, telling the AI to follow someone else's style. We bought a copy to confirm.
https://www.404media.co/authors-are-accidentally-leaving-ai-prompts-in-their-novels/
New from 404 Media: we've identified which specific company is powering the surveillance of U.S. military personnel through location data. It's Eskimi, an Adtech company you've probably never heard of but which has a massive presence in the advertising ecosystem https://www.404media.co/eskimi-2/
New: recently we reported that a nonconsensual AI porn creator was making so much money from Patreon that they quit their full-time job. After Patreon kicked them, the creator informed their subs... but CC'd all of them, showing us their identities https://www.404media.co/nonconsensual-ai-porn-maker-accidentally-leaks-his-customers-emails/
Thank you to whoever is running this Russian-leaning propaganda operation for reading 404 Media and including our name in your little graphic https://www.404media.co/why-is-404-media-included-in-a-fake-netflix-trailer-made-by-russia/
New from 404 Media: DHS has spent millions on a tool that scans online content for "sentiment and emotion" according to documents we obtained. CBP confirmed using tech to scan travellers, can include U.S. citizens. The tech also does AI object recognition.
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