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Joseph Cox

@josephfcox
690 posts
2025-02-14
New from 404 Media: anyone can push updates to the https://doge.gov/ site. Two sources independently found the issue, one made their own decision to deface the site. “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN.” https://www.404media.co/... [image]
2025-02-14 View on X
404 Media

The doge.gov website tracking Elon Musk's cuts to the federal government pulls from a database that anyone can edit, say two sources who found the vulnerability

The doge.gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk's cuts to the federal government is insecure and pulls from a database …

2025-02-06
New from 404 Media: Employees working at DOGE have been ordered to stop using Slack while lawyers attempt to transition the agency to one that is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Means DOGE will be even more secretive and unaccountable https://www.404media.co/...
2025-02-06 View on X
404 Media

Sources: DOGE staff were ordered to stop using Slack while the group moves from the OMB to the Executive Office of the President, which is not subject to FOIA

https://www.404media.co/email/ dc4f2fa1-e993-4f30-aea1-b985998bd90a/ Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk : so, Truth Social or X? or are they smart enough to use Signal? [embedded post] M...

2025-01-10
New from 404 Media: data hacked from location giant Gravy reveals thousands of ordinary apps hijacked to steal your location data. Candy Crush, MyFitnessPal, Tinder. Period trackers, prayer apps. Because of how data collected, apps may not even know https://www.404media.co/...
2025-01-10 View on X
Wired

A hack of data company Gravy reveals Candy Crush, Tinder, and thousands of other apps are used to collect user location data; app developers may not even know

A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.

2025-01-07
New: Instagram has begun testing a feature in which Meta's AI will automatically generate images of users in various situations and put them into that user's feed. We confirmed with Meta it's real. https://www.404media.co/...
2025-01-07 View on X
404 Media

Meta says it's testing an “Imagine Yourself” feature announced in September that automatically generates AI images of a user and puts them into that user's feed

But to be fair, this guy did upload his image into their AI filtering doodad.  So, y'know, those of us who eschew AI will not get randomly fucked with.  [embedded post] Sam Biddle ...

New from 404 Media: Facebook is deleting internal employee criticism of its new board hire UFC president and CEO Dana White. Facebook also deleting internal employee posts asking why the first ones deleted https://www.404media.co/... [image]
2025-01-07 View on X
404 Media

Screenshots: several employees' posts critical of Meta's new board member Dana White were deleted by Meta's ICC, which aims to “minimize disruption” internally

“Insulting, criticizing, or antagonizing our colleagues or Board members is not aligned with the CEE.” Bluesky: @kevinbriody , @romitmehta.com , @emanuelmaiberg , and @hypervisible...

2025-01-05
New: Meta's AI profiles are indistinguishable from the terrible AI spam that took over Facebook all of last year. The AI bots that are going viral now were actually launched way back in 2023. They were just so bad you didn't even notice https://www.404media.co/...
2025-01-05 View on X
404 Media

After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them

and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, I...

New: Meta says it is deleting those AI accounts. 404 Media confirmed that many of them being deleted at the moment https://www.404media.co/... [image]
2025-01-05 View on X
404 Media

After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them

and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, I...

2025-01-04
New: Meta's AI profiles are indistinguishable from the terrible AI spam that took over Facebook all of last year. The AI bots that are going viral now were actually launched way back in 2023. They were just so bad you didn't even notice https://www.404media.co/...
2025-01-04 View on X
404 Media

After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles

Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the company is going to roll out AI character profiles …

New: Meta says it is deleting those AI accounts. 404 Media confirmed that many of them being deleted at the moment https://www.404media.co/... [image]
2025-01-04 View on X
404 Media

After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles

Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the company is going to roll out AI character profiles …

2024-11-20
Then this is modern Google-made Pixel devices. The Android sheet itself is much more varied, given the differences between Android's ecosystem of phones. AFU means only partial data if user has unlocked device since booting https://www.404media.co/... [image]
2024-11-20 View on X
404 Media

Leaked documents: Graykey, a phone unlocking tool used by police, can access “partial” data from the iPhone 12 up to the iPhone 16 running iOS 18 or iOS 18.0.1

The Graykey, a phone unlocking and forensics tool that is used by law enforcement around the world …

New from 404 Media: we've obtained and published the list of iPhone and Android devices secretive phone unlocking tech Graykey was able, or unable, to get data from recently. Unprecedented leak, we've never seen this granularity from Graykey before https://www.404media.co/... [image]
2024-11-20 View on X
404 Media

Leaked documents: Graykey, a phone unlocking tool used by police, can access “partial” data from the iPhone 12 up to the iPhone 16 running iOS 18 or iOS 18.0.1

The Graykey, a phone unlocking and forensics tool that is used by law enforcement around the world …

This section shows Graykey's capabilities against iPhones running iOS 18 and 18.0.1. Can only obtain partial data on modern phones running that operating system https://www.404media.co/... [image]
2024-11-20 View on X
404 Media

Leaked documents: Graykey, a phone unlocking tool used by police, can access “partial” data from the iPhone 12 up to the iPhone 16 running iOS 18 or iOS 18.0.1

The Graykey, a phone unlocking and forensics tool that is used by law enforcement around the world …

2024-11-10
New from 404 Media: we've confirmed that Apple quietly introduced code that automatically reboots an iPhone if it hasn't been unlocked after a period of time. This is why cops are being mysteriously locked out of iPhones they're trying to search. https://www.404media.co/...
2024-11-10 View on X
404 Media

Experts say a new feature in iOS 18.1 causes iPhone to reboot after few days of inactivity, which improves security and has caused concern among law enforcement

Apple quietly introduced code into iOS 18.1 which reboots the device if it has not been unlocked for a period of time …

2024-11-09
New from 404 Media: we've confirmed that Apple quietly introduced code that automatically reboots an iPhone if it hasn't been unlocked after a period of time. This is why cops are being mysteriously locked out of iPhones they're trying to search. https://www.404media.co/...
2024-11-09 View on X
404 Media

Experts say a new feature in iOS 18.1 causes iPhone to reboot after few days of inactivity, which improves security and has caused concern among law enforcement

Apple quietly introduced code into iOS 18.1 which reboots the device if it has not been unlocked for a period of time …

2024-11-05
New from 404 Media: the hacker suspected to be behind the recent wave of Snowflake breaches has been arrested in Canada. The hacker went dark on Telegram last week, started to tell me their origin story. Canada confirmed it's arrested Connor Moucka https://www.404media.co/...
2024-11-05 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Canadian authorities arrest Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind the June and July 2024 hacks of up to 165 Snowflake users including AT&T

- Connor Moucka taken into custody on provisional arrest warrant  — Stolen logins used to access Snowflake customer accounts

2024-10-23
New: inside the US government-bought tool that can track phones at abortion clinics. Called Locate X, it tracks phones around the world without a warrant. Leakers showed it in action, we watched a phone go from Alabama, to an abortion clinic, back again https://www.404media.co/...
2024-10-23 View on X
404 Media

Privacy advocates leak hours of footage of Locate X, a global, warrantless phone tracking tool made by Babel Street and used by US agencies like ICE and CBP

This article was produced with support from the Capitol Forum.  —  On a computer screen a map shows the movements of smartphones around the globe.

2024-10-10
New: the WordPress community “is in chaos.” https://wordpress.org/ now requires users to agree they are not affiliated with the hosting platform WP Engine before logging in. “WordPress community is in chaos. People don't know where they stand legally” https://www.404media.co/...
2024-10-10 View on X
404 Media

WordPress.org adds a checkbox to confirm users aren't “affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or otherwise” before they log in or register an account

WordPress.org users are now required to agree that they are not affiliated with website hosting platform WP Engine before logging in.

2024-10-03
This was Meta's response when I asked for comment on their smart glasses being used with facial recognition tech, ‘it could be done on any camera’. I mean, yeah. But it was done on Ray Bans. And Ray Bans look like normal glasses. That's the point https://www.404media.co/... [image]
2024-10-03 View on X
404 Media

Two Harvard students demo using Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, PimEyes, and other tools to instantly identify strangers' names, phone numbers, addresses, and more

The technology, which marries Meta's smart Ray Ban glasses with the facial recognition service Pimeyes and some other tools …

2024-09-18
New: police have hacked Ghost, an encrypted app used by organized crime. I think this shows a fundamental shift: criminals are no longer on huge platforms like Sky/Encrochat. They're on these disparate platforms, and consumer apps we all use like Signal https://www.404media.co/...
2024-09-18 View on X
Associated Press

Australia, Europol, and more say they infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted communications app developed for criminals, arresting dozens, including its alleged admin

Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests.

2024-08-21
Chinese fast fashion giant Shein, notorious for being accused of copyright infringement by small artists and big brands alike, is suing its competitor Chinese fast fashion giant Temu for... copyright infringement https://www.404media.co/... [image]
2024-08-21 View on X
404 Media

Shein sues Temu for copyright infringement, accusing the company of stealing trade secrets and masquerading “as a legitimate e-commerce ‘marketplace’”

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?  Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing : Online retailers Shein and Temu go to war Jasmin Malik Chua / Sourcin...