@josephcox@infosec.exchange

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · 8h ago

Now, there’s a new way to discourage friends, family, and even complete strangers from turning to chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT: by using a tool called “Slow LLM” to make them really, reaaaaalllyyy slowwwww. Or at least, making them look that way. https://www.404media.co/this-web-tool-sabotages-ai-chatbots-by-making-them-really-really-slow/

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Joseph Cox

@josephcox@infosec.exchange

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 16, 2026

A new study finds that texting a random stranger is probably better to mitigate loneliness than talking to an AI-powered chatbot

https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/

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Joseph Cox

@josephcox@infosec.exchange

Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 14, 2026

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 https://www.404media.co/the-removed-doge-deposition-videos-have-already-been-backed-up-across-the-internet/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 14, 2026

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: https://www.404media.co/doge-deposition-videos-taken-down-after-judge-order-and-widespread-mockery/

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Joseph Cox

@josephcox@infosec.exchange

Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 12, 2026

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.

https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange

Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 12, 2026

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.

https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 12, 2026

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: https://www.404media.co/i-watched-6-hours-of-doge-bro-testimony-heres-what-they-had-to-say-for-themselves/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 10, 2026

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

https://www.404media.co/cybertruck-tried-to-drive-straight-off-an-overpass-attorney-claims/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 10, 2026

I have literally watched something like 5 hours of this DOGE bro testimony. I'm completely obsessed, it's weirdly captivating. The circular arguments, the disdain from everyone involved, a true pleasure to watch

Follow 404 Media on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/404mediaco/) for more like this

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 09, 2026

There’s no handbook or program for how to talk to a friend or family member who is falling into AI psychosis. So after many people contacted us clearly suffering from these delusions, we spoke to mental health experts. Here’s what they suggest: https://www.404media.co/ai-psychosis-help-gemini-chatgpt-claude-chatbot-delusions/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 05, 2026

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 04, 2026

The financialization of everything is all that is left. Which is why we end up with the totally insane situation that people are betting on whether world leaders are going to get killed, or that a nuke will drop this year

Watch, subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paHMe9kFf0w

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 03, 2026

New from 404 Media: the FBI is using AI to hack targets. FBI official was talking about "remote access operations," FBI's term for hacking. FBI said it's a "game changer". The comments were unusually candid about FBI's very secretive hacking operations. https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-is-using-ai-to-hack-targets/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Mar 03, 2026

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more https://www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Feb 26, 2026

Love to log onto Minecraft or Roblox and find ISIS there (literally) https://www.404media.co/the-islamic-state-is-using-ai-to-resurrect-dead-leaders-and-platforms-are-failing-to-moderate-it/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Feb 25, 2026

A planned change to Amazon means that if people buy items on your wishlist, it could expose your address. Definitely a threat to people who have public wishlists.

https://www.404media.co/amazon-wishlist-address-private-third-party/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Feb 24, 2026

New: this app warns you if someone is wearing smart glasses nearby.

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses. A 404 Media reader made this app after we showed men filming people w/o their consent, and DHS officials were wearing the glasses https://www.404media.co/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Feb 23, 2026

This week, 404 Media speaks to Harlo Holmes from Freedom of the Press Foundation about how to fight back against privacy nihilism, digital security practices everyone can use, and the arrests of journalists in the U.S.

Watch/subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chcNrDPhfo0

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Feb 23, 2026

Meta's director of AI safety allowed an AI agent to... accidentally delete her inbox. This is supposedly the person at the company who is working to make sure that powerful AI tools don’t go rogue and act against human interests

https://www.404media.co/meta-director-of-ai-safety-allows-ai-agent-to-accidentally-delete-her-inbox/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Feb 09, 2026

404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts

https://www.404media.co/watch-404-medias-super-bowl-ad/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Feb 06, 2026

Wrote more about Lockdown Mode blocking the FBI from accessing a Washington Post reporter's phone, and how mobile forensics is the never-ending cybersecurity story https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-the-neverending-cybersecurity-story/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Jan 27, 2026

New from 404 Media: DHS says critical ICE surveillance footage from abuse case was actually never recorded and doesn't matter. "Due to a technical issue, the Video System failed to record video or audio footage during that period." https://www.404media.co/dhs-says-critical-ice-surveillance-footage-from-abuse-case-was-actually-never-recorded-doesnt-matter/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Jan 14, 2026

This bodycam we got is crazy. Cop used Flock to wrongfully accuse innocent woman of package theft, yelled at her when she had evidence exonerating her. "Nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing about it" cop said https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDuW7gCczs Article: https://www.404media.co/cop-used-flock-to-wrongfully-accuse-a-woman-then-refused-to-look-at-evidence-that-exonerated-her-body-camera-shows/

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Jan 14, 2026

Here is our breakdown of Webloc, the phone surveillance tool ICE has bought which lets the agency track phones in entire neighborhoods. See phones it has data on in an area, follow them home or to work, see the exact route they took https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurJo6vPhUY

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Jan 13, 2026

New from 404 Media: police have unwittingly unmasked millions of their surveillance targets because of a Flock redaction error. Police didn't redact specific license plates in public record releases. A site is now making that information searchable, 2.3 million plates https://www.404media.co/police-unmask-millions-of-surveillance-targets-because-of-flock-redaction-error/

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Joseph Cox

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Jan 08, 2026

New from 404 Media: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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Joseph Cox

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Jan 05, 2026

The Hilton Hotel that refused reservations from DHS officials has now backpedalled and said it will accommodate them. Came after DHS X account posted emails. For years the right coalesced around businesses being able to refuse customers of certain demographics https://www.404media.co/hilton-hotel-that-refused-dhs-reservations-backpedals/

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Joseph Cox

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Dec 22, 2025

New from 404 Media: Flock exposed some of its AI-powered cameras to the internet. We know because we tracked ourselves with them. These cameras zoom in on passersby, sometimes so close we could read a random person's phone screen. Required no login to view cameras https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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Joseph Cox

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Dec 17, 2025

This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-the-a16z-backed-phone-farm-flooding-tiktok-with-ai-influencers/

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Joseph Cox

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Dec 09, 2025

New from 404 Media: a man has been charged for allegedly wiping a Google Pixel phone before CBP could search it. Search was by a CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Team, which ACLU says "interrogate innocent travelers." Man is described as an activist online https://www.404media.co/man-charged-for-wiping-phone-before-cbp-could-search-it/

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Joseph Cox

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Nov 25, 2025

Here is the video for our latest FOIA Forum, where we told you how to get information about Flock from your local agencies/government. Includes network audits, which are the files that show why exactly cops are using the cameras (helping ICE, for example): https://www.404media.co/heres-the-video-for-our-seventh-foia-forum-flock/

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Joseph Cox

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Nov 18, 2025

New: the airlines (Delta, United, American, etc) will shut down a program in which it sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to government agencies, including ICE, FBI, ATF, more. Comes after intense lawmaker-pressure and 404 Media's months-long reporting https://www.404media.co/airlines-will-shut-down-program-that-sold-your-flights-records-to-government/

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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Joseph Cox

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Nov 19, 2024

A legal filing provides pretty good insight into ISIS' graphic design process: "The text on the top needs effects as well … shining … blood spots or a line surrounding it, etc." Doing graphic design for ISIS was the passion of a 28-year-old Houston man https://www.404media.co/graphic-design-for-isis-is-his-passion-fbi-alleges-in-filing/

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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Joseph Cox

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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/j oseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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@josephcox@infosec.exchange · Oct 24, 2023

New: internal documents provide more insight into GOST, a system used by ICE to find "derogatory" speech online. Analysts can then use a "thumbs up," "thumbs down" decision on the material, and feed it into visa decisions and immigration enforcement

https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-database-derogatory-information-giant-oak-gost/

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