Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
95/100
404 Media's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
We have a few bangers for you today.
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We → have → you
Can you imagine sitting in jail for days without knowing why, and then finding out that it's because someone hacked CashApp to impersonate you?
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someone → imagine → you
And elsewhere on 404 this morning, we have some prescient thoughts from an autonomous weapons expert on the state of AI in war, what's going on with cybersecurity experts in the wake of the PHPocalypse, and more insights into how cops view anti-Flock activists.
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cops → have → activists
Let's get into it.
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's → let → it
Amanda Smith answered the door one afternoon in April and came face to face with the local Sheriff’s department in upstate Pennsylvania.
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Smith → answer → Pennsylvania
The officers said they had a warrant for her arrest for a crime she had allegedly committed more than a thousand miles away in Arkansas.
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she → say → Arkansas
“I was completely confused,” Smith recalled.
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Smith → confuse → ?
She had a feeling she was being set up.
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she → have → feeling
After discussing with the officers the practicalities of what was about to happen — she was allowed to get her contact lenses — they took her away in handcuffs to the local jail where she spent three nights.
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she → discuss → nights
The reason for Smith’s arrest, she learned later, was that a scammer had tricked someone on Facebook Marketplace into sending $1,000 to a CashApp account in her name that the scammer controlled.
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scammer → learn → that
The scammer created the account using her Social Security number and date of birth.
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scammer → create → birth
Smith said she has never used CashApp.
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she → say → CashApp
What developed over the next few days, and has now stretched across six months, is a Kafkaesque situation in which Smith, in her telling, is being asked to prove her innocence in an ongoing criminal case, while CashApp refuses to provide her any information about the account because she couldn’t prove that she was the owner.
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she → develop → account
A federal intelligence center warned police that city council meetings about Flock “may be viewed by extremists as a desirable target,” and told them to be on the lookout for “emotional confrontations” between people who oppose surveillance and government officials, according to a copy of the warning obtained by 404 Media.
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who → warn → Media
For much of the last month, many cybersecurity experts have been warning of an AI-powered “Black Swan” event, saying they’re alarmed by the number of vulnerabilities suddenly discovered, and of the apparent power of AI agents to find and exploit previously unknown bugs.
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they → warn → bugs
So, what’s really going on?
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what → go → ?
The UN met this week to discuss autonomous weapons.
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UN → meet → weapons
“The technology is developing at a pace that is very concerning,” Laurent Gisel, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) legal warfare team, told 404 Media.
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Gisel → develop → Media
Gisel was in NYC this week to address the UN about all the things that are driving conflict across the planet.
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that → address → planet
His prepared remarks include a statement on the illegal arms trade, nuclear weapons, mines, and, of course, AI.
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remarks → prepare → course
FROM AROUND THE WEB
That’s a W for the Rebel Alliance.
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That → ’ → Alliance
In San Diego, where Darth Vader famously spoke in favor of Flock cameras and mass surveillance, the city council just voted to end its contract with Flock.
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council → speak → Flock
The decision still has to be confirmed, NBC 7 reports, but this is huge news for a city where council members have voted multiple times to keep Flock watching its citizens.
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members → have → citizens
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