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New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles.
This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused
https://www.404media.co/google-earths-new-ai-lets-anyone-fabricate-completely-bullshit-satellite-images/
59 views
so fucking tired of how socially acceptable it is, even encouraged, to film random people for no good reason at all other than clout and post it online. I cover surveillance all day every day and this shift sometimes scares me the most
watch more/subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Sb0HqPXBI
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New: here's why a Flock employee quit. Says he was 'lied to'
Jonathan Paz's job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. But then something changed and he realized he needed to get out of the company.
Watch the full conversation here and subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKYYpLC9u5I
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Here is how one Flock employee originally got into the company, then realized he was being lied to and had to quit
Watch the whole conversation and subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKYYpLC9u5I
📊 Post engagement
104
Avg engagement / post
1%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature th · 614 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
16.2 / week
Toots daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 8 text · 0 image · 4 video.
Follower / following
138×
Follows 72 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
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🔥 Top post
New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles.
This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused
https://www.404m…
New: we've obtained the guide Flock makes for police to try to convince cities to buy Flock cameras, even when there is widespread opposition to it. Encourages police to "own the narrative before someone else does," need to have a "careful…
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Here is how one Flock employee originally got into the company, then realized he was being lied to and had to quit
Watch the whole conversation and subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKYYpLC9u5I
New from 404 Media: Jonathan Paz’s job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. After initially being enthusiastic about the company, he became disillusioned.
I spoke to Paz about how he first joined Flock, what he was lied to about, a…
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New: here's why a Flock employee quit. Says he was 'lied to'
Jonathan Paz's job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. But then something changed and he realized he needed to get out of the company.
Watch the full conversation here a…
New: YouTube banned a wave of ASMR artists this week for violating the platforms’ rules against “sexually gratifying” content, leaving creators confused and angry.
“We have reviewed your content and found severe or repeated violations of o…
IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it https://www.404media.co/ai-comp…
This is happening in just over 30 minutes!!! At 1PM ET
We're going to show you how to pry records from the government. This one is especially focused on city councils.
Subscribers get the link here: https://www.404media.co/our-new-foia-for…
This is an insane story about how a bunch of 20-somethings made a ton of AI slop to push supplements for a company that had an FDA recall. Turns out it's not really a supplement company at all; the same bros making the slop own the company…
New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says.
The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown
https://www.404media.co/linkedin-introduces-a-seems-like-ai-slop-button/
“It was annoying,” the person arrested for clapping at a data center meeting told 404 Media.
“My wife was on the way up to the podium. The time for my wife's speech hadn't even been reset yet.”
https://www.404media.co/clapping-is-a-first-a…
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so fucking tired of how socially acceptable it is, even encouraged, to film random people for no good reason at all other than clout and post it online. I cover surveillance all day every day and this shift sometimes scares me the most
wat…
▶
Here is how one Flock employee originally got into the company, then realized he was being lied to and had to quit
Watch the whole conversation and subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKYYpLC9u5I
New from 404 Media: Jonathan Paz’s job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. After initially being enthusiastic about the company, he became disillusioned.
I spoke to Paz about how he first joined Flock, what he was lied to about, a…
▶
New: here's why a Flock employee quit. Says he was 'lied to'
Jonathan Paz's job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. But then something changed and he realized he needed to get out of the company.
Watch the full conversation here a…
New: YouTube banned a wave of ASMR artists this week for violating the platforms’ rules against “sexually gratifying” content, leaving creators confused and angry.
“We have reviewed your content and found severe or repeated violations of o…
IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it https://www.404media.co/ai-comp…
This is happening in just over 30 minutes!!! At 1PM ET
We're going to show you how to pry records from the government. This one is especially focused on city councils.
Subscribers get the link here: https://www.404media.co/our-new-foia-for…
This is an insane story about how a bunch of 20-somethings made a ton of AI slop to push supplements for a company that had an FDA recall. Turns out it's not really a supplement company at all; the same bros making the slop own the company…
New: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says.
The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown
https://www.404media.co/linkedin-introduces-a-seems-like-ai-slop-button/
“It was annoying,” the person arrested for clapping at a data center meeting told 404 Media.
“My wife was on the way up to the podium. The time for my wife's speech hadn't even been reset yet.”
https://www.404media.co/clapping-is-a-first-a…
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so fucking tired of how socially acceptable it is, even encouraged, to film random people for no good reason at all other than clout and post it online. I cover surveillance all day every day and this shift sometimes scares me the most
wat…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
infosec.exchange
A cybersecurity & infosec server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 104 views per post.
📤Posts about 16.2× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated72/100
Good
Credibility score
94%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 94% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~1.0% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email:
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