The 404 Media Podcast

We're Suing ICE. Here's Why

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We start this week with some news: we are suing ICE for access to its $2 million contract with a company that sells powerful spyware. Paragon sells tech for remotely breaking into phones and reading messages from encrypted chat apps without a target even clicking a link. After the break, we talk about a couple of stories about AI ‘workslop’ and the engineers who fix peoples’ vibe coding. In the subscribers-only section, we start with a malicious game on Steam stealing cryptocurrency from a cancer patient, then we talk about Silk Song.


YouTube version: https://youtu.be/NWuDzmKE8kg

  • We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract
  • AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable
  • The Software Engineers Paid to Fix Vibe Coded Messes
  • Steam Hosted Malware Game that Stole $32,000 from a Cancer Patient Live on Stream
  • Does Silksong Seem Unreasonably Hard? You Probably Took a Wrong Turn


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