The 404 Media Podcast

How the U.S. Government Tracks Your Phone


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This week we start with a massive story about location data. Privacy advocates gained access to a tool bought by multiple U.S. agencies called Locate X, which tracks smartphones around the world. We focused on how it can be used to track abortion clinic visitors. After the break we have a special guest: Becky Ferreira, author of our recently launched column The Abstract! Becky tells us all about her journey into science journalism and a couple of the studies she's covered. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains how he found a Musk-funded PAC was targeting opposing Snapchat ads to Muslim and Jewish voters in the U.S.


YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGsobtws2MU


  • Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics
  • Is There Life on Europa?
  • This Is Exactly How an Elon Musk-Funded PAC Is Microtargeting Muslims and Jews With Opposing Messages
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