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

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Flock Logins Exposed In Malware Infections, Senator Asks FTC to Investigate the Company

Lawmakers say AI-camera company Flock is violating federal law by not enforcing multi-factor authentication. 404 Media previously found Flock crede...

A CBP agent wore Meta smart glasses to an immigration raid:

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A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles

Video obtained and verified by 404 Media shows a CBP official wearing Meta's AI glasses, which are capable of recording and connecting with AI. “...

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.

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Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels

‘I’ve rewritten the passage to align more with the J. Bree style’ appeared in the middle of a tense scene with a scaled dragon prince.

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

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The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel

A Florida data broker told a US senator it obtained sensitive data on US military members in Germany from a Lithuanian firm, which denies involveme...

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

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Nonconsensual AI Porn Maker Accidentally Leaks His Customers' Emails

A Patreon account that sold nonconsensual AI-generated porn has exposed a list of customer emails to 404 Media.

Thank you to whoever is running this Russian-leaning propaganda operation for reading 404 Media and including our name in your little graphic

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Why Is 404 Media Included in a Fake Netflix Trailer Made by Russia?

A sprawling disinformation campaign is targeting journalists and making 404 Media part of the story.

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. We are making this article free as a public service, but FOIA can cost money. Please consider subscribing via the buttons in the article

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The A.I. Surveillance Tool DHS Uses to Detect ‘Sentiment and Emotion’

Internal DHS and corporate documents detail the agency’s relationship with Fivecast, a company that promises to scan for “risk terms and phrase...