Notices by Joseph Cox (josephcox@infosec.exchange)

Shout out to the people who left a bunch of positive reviews on the 404 Media Podcast this week after we explained how important that stuff is. Podcasts have a crazy discoverability problem so every little helps, thank you.

The FBI says it can't find "missing" records about hacking tools it purchased https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-cant-find-missing-records-of-its-hacking-tools/

New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"

https://www.404media.co/leaked-palantirs-plan-to-help-ice-deport-people/

An entire economy of AI spammers has emerged whose members take real disaster and misery, and then exploit those for profit https://www.404media.co/inside-the-economy-of-ai-spammers-getting-rich-by-exploiting-disasters-and-misery/

New from 404 Media: the US Army says it had a lot of success using AI to “process targets” during a recent deployment. Used AI to identify 55 targets a day but could get that number up to 5,000 a day with “advanced artificial intelligence tools in the future.” https://www.404media.co/u-s-army-says-it-could-acquire-targets-faster-with-advanced-ai/

Google stopped replying to my emails asking what should be a simple question: did you provide the IP addresses of everyone who viewed specific YouTube videos? Experts say unconstitutional because it could turn ordinary viewers into suspects. Related to this:

https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-was-a-prolific-money-launderer-for-hackers-and-drug-traffickers-it-was-secretly-the-fbi/

New from 404 Media: we've seen an ICE database that filters people by hundreds of different, highly specific categories. Experts say possibly helping ICE identify and deport people. Scars, location data, immigration status, eye color, much more. Created by Palantir

https://www.404media.co/inside-a-powerful-database-ice-uses-to-identify-and-deport-people/

A 'US-made iPhone' is pure fantasy.

Look at their suppliers, which Apple publishes itself

https://www.404media.co/a-us-made-iphone-is-pure-fantasy/

Framework is going to stop selling some of its laptops in the U.S. due to tariffs. The company is one of the few that makes truly upgradeable and repairable laptops. Expect a lot, lot more of this

https://www.404media.co/framework-stops-selling-some-of-its-laptops-in-the-u-s-due-to-tariffs/

That newswire called Benzinga which falsely reported that Trump was considering a 90-day break on tariffs, causing the stock market to dramatically jump before crashing again, blames users on X in an email to me. Didn't answer why they picked up unverified news from X https://www.404media.co/benzinga-news-service-that-falsely-reported-a-possible-90-day-break-in-tariffs-blames-x/

New from 404 Media: we went through court records to see how three alleged Tesla vandals were identified. License plate readers, looking through Instagram, fingerprints on Molotov cocktails, physical surveillance. Comes as authorities say this is domestic terrorism https://www.404media.co/how-three-alleged-tesla-vandals-got-caught/

New: I spoke to a person whose name, address, etc is included on the site doxing Tesla owners. Confirmed they owned a Tesla, said bought in 2013 (before knowing what Musk would become). Said very worried about being doxed because lived through GamerGate https://www.404media.co/dogequest-site-claims-to-dox-tesla-owners-across-the-u-s/

[content warning for disturbing stuff if you don't wanna see that right now] Article on how AI slop is a brute force attack on the algorithms that control reality. Here's an example of an Instagram feed right now . Entire companies are pivoting to making this stuff https://www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a-brute-force-attack-on-the-algorithms-that-control-reality/

New: TSA confirms to 404 Media that the agency has a credit card freeze for its bomb-sniffing dogs. Comes after an alleged internal email said that requests for dog food and vet visits were on hold.

https://www.404media.co/tsa-k9-bomb-sniffing-dogs-funding/

This is crazy interesting: Super Nintendos are getting *faster* as the hardware ages. We spoke to the person who discovered this and has been collecting more data. They even put a SNES in the freezer to test a hypothesis

https://www.404media.co/super-nintendo-hardware-is-running-faster-as-it-ages/

New from 404 Media: scientists from NASA, Yale, Stanford are already considering "scientific exile" by moving to a French university. French university says it has already gotten interest about the idea. We spoke to one researcher at a leading US university who has considered it

"We are witnessing a new brain drain."

https://www.404media.co/nasa-yale-and-stanford-scientists-consider-scientific-exile-french-university-says/

Cellebrite, the ubiquitous company that cops use to unlock phones and copy evidence, is now offering cops AI to summarize chat logs, audio messages, more. Civil liberties experts already concerned about AI hallucinating for cops https://www.404media.co/cellebrite-is-using-ai-to-summarize-chat-logs-and-audio-from-seized-mobile-phones/

New from 404 Media: buying this $250 ID from the tropical nation of Palau allows you to bypass U.S. crypto laws. The law blocks certain exchanges and limits trades. I bought the ID, verified it works for making accounts on crypto exchanges. Traders are doing this.

https://www.404media.co/buying-a-250-residency-card-from-a-tropical-island-let-me-bypass-u-s-crypto-laws/

New from 404 Media: all 50 states have introduced right to repair legislation. Not all have passed, but it's just a massive milestone for the right to repair movement that just a few years ago was demonized by big tech https://www.404media.co/all-50-states-have-now-introduced-right-to-repair-legislation/

New from 404 Media: a Musk ally has demanded administrative access to Notify.gov, a system that lets the government text the public. The access would give them large swathes of the publics' personal data too. A worker has resigned in protest rather than give access https://www.404media.co/musk-ally-demands-admin-access-to-system-that-lets-government-text-the-public/