DARK WIRE on Whale Hunting
A something extra for our listeners this week. Joseph went on an episode of Whale Hunting to talk about his new book DARK WIRE, in which the FBI secretly ran its own encrypted messaging app to wiretap...
6 Juni 202431min
A Massive Google Leak
We start this week with a massive leak from inside Google. We obtained a copy of an internal Google database the company uses to track potential privacy and security issues. It's incredibly rare to ge...
5 Juni 202440min
Google Somehow Got Even More Shit
We revisit our Why Google Is Shit Now episode with something of an update: Google got worse! Of course we're talking about the embarrassing rollout of Google's AI-powered answers. Jason explains the s...
29 Maj 202445min
Your Phone's Location is Exposed
Really excited about this one. We spend the entire episode talking about SS7, the fundamental network and protocol which is both at the heart of the world's telecommunications infrastructure, and cruc...
22 Maj 202437min
Why the Solar Storm Broke Tractors and GPS
We've got something of a John Deere special episode this week. We start with Jason's piece on how the recent solar storm knocked out GPS for John Deere tractors, having a direct impact on farming acro...
15 Maj 202441min
Facebook is the 'Zombie Internet'
Apologies for some audio issues this week, they'll be fixed next time, but for now we have a super packed episode! We start with Jason's months-long deep dive into what Facebook has become with all of...
8 Maj 202445min
A Lost Media Mystery
We start this week's episode with a mystery: where did a 17-second music snippet that has puzzled online sleuths for years really come from? Sam breaks it down. After the break, Joseph explains how an...
1 Maj 202445min
The Humane Ai Pin Is a Disaster
This is a long one! First Joseph previews his upcoming book, DARK WIRE. Go to the link below and enter "DW20" for 20% off! Also make sure to redeem your preorder behind-the-scenes bonus content. As fo...
24 Apr 202446min
