142. Meet Antibot4Navalny: the mysterious researchers exposing Russia’s war on truth.
Antibot4Navalny is a small but mighty group of anonymous researchers calling out Russian disinformation — and punching way above their weight. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
25 Juni 202426min
141. Legislative solutions for deepfake abuse finally begin to take shape
Omny Miranda Martone has been working with a handful of Washington lawmakers for more than a year on legislation that would put an end to the impunity of deepfake abuse. The bill, known as the Defianc...
21 Juni 20247min
140. Are solutions to deepfake abuse finally coming into focus?
After years of shouting into the wind about deepfakes and deepfake porn, we take a look at some possible solutions that offer not just deterrence but accountability. Plus, something we rarely see thes...
18 Juni 202425min
139. Mic Drop: GhostSec’s quest for redemption: their leader claims their life of crime is over.
The GhostSec hacktivist group used to be known for its cyberattacks against terrorist groups like ISIS. Then, last year, the group took an unexpected turn — it created GhostLocker and began launching ...
14 Juni 20248min
138. Almost every cyber attack begins with a key ingredient: an Infostealer
Infostealers commit close to the perfect crime. They sneak into your computer, grab your logins, passwords, and anything of value, and then delete themselves on the way out — victims don’t even know t...
11 Juni 202428min
137. Mic Drop: Inside a secret drone school in Ukraine
As Russian forces zero in on Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, drones are among the weapons that are coming to the rescue. We went to a secret drone academy where Ukraine is training its drone o...
7 Juni 202410min
136. Money and fame — not just social change — are creating a new kind of hacktivist.
A hacktivist group called the Belarusian Cyber Partisans rocked Belarus when it hacked into government servers and released secret police files and government wiretaps – the kinds of hacks we’re used ...
4 Juni 202427min
135. Mic Drop: Oren Etzioni has a way to help us sort fact from AI fiction
Oren Etzioni used to be one of those AI optimists. Now, not so much. In fact, he’s so worried about AI-manipulated content, he created a non-profit, TrueMedia.org, to help ordinary people sort AI fact...
31 Maj 20248min
