Endless Thread
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Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the internet's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities to find untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL.
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SEP 30, 2024
Introducing WIRED Politics: Kamala Harris' Brat Summer Is Almost Over. What's Next?
We're in your feed today to share an episode from a podcast we think you might like called the WIRED Politics Lab. In this episode, Leah is joined by writer and critic Hunter Harris. They discuss how Kamala Harris is harnessing social media to propel her campaign and what comes next in the run-up to November.
32 MIN
SEP 27, 2024
Defrauding Big Tech
Two stories of grifters who tried to scam technology giants and almost got away with it.
25 MIN
SEP 20, 2024
The Great Lemming Lie
The one thing you know about lemmings is a lie. It came from a Disney documentary.
35 MIN
SEP 13, 2024
A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
When the founder of the messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested it exposed that millions of users thought the app was much more secure than it is. Media outlets have often described Telegram as an encrypted app, but it's not really. So what would it look like for an app to actually protect your conversations from prying eyes?
33 MIN
SEP 6, 2024
Ignore All Previous Instructions
When the bots attack, this is how you fight back.
26 MIN
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