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Episode 582: Joseph Cox

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Discussion about Joseph Cox's book 'Darkwire' and an ad for a listening app

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The host expresses gratitude to Joseph Cox for his appearance and discusses his book 'Darkwire,' a true story about a significant sting operation. The chapter also includes acknowledgments to the editor, co-hosts, and shares information about a partnership with Vox, along with an ad for a sponsor promoting a listening app that converts written text to audio with AI voices.

Joseph Cox is a cybersecurity journalist and co-founder of 404 Media. His new book is Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever.

“In the not too distant future, I will be a very old man, and maybe I won't be able to spend all day talking to drug traffickers. I will be mentally and physically exhausted. So I will doggedly pursue the story right now while I can.”

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@josephfcox
Cox's 404 Media archive
Cox's Vice archive
Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever (PublicAffairs • 2024)
08:00 "FBI’s Encrypted Phone Platform Infiltrated Hundreds of Criminal Syndicates; Result is Massive Worldwide Takedown" (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California • Jun 2021)
10:00 Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World (Bradley Hope and Tom Wright • Hachette • 2018)
19:00 "Revealed: The Country that Secretly Wiretapped the World for the FBI" (404 Media • Sep 2023)
38:00 "Follow The Bitcoins: How We Got Busted Buying Drugs on Silk Road’s Black Market" (Andy Greenberg • Forbes • Sep 2013)
41:00 "Hundreds of Bounty Hunters Had Access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint Customer Location Data for Years" (Motherboard • Feb 2019)

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