The 404 Media Podcast

A Lost Media Mystery

May 1, 2024

A 17-second mysterious music snippet origins revealed in an 80s porno. Discord service scraping, selling messages for $5. AI livestream apps with fake audiences target women. Intriguing Lost Media mysteries and privacy concerns on Discord.

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A mysterious music snippet led to a long internet hunt ending with its discovery in an 80s porn film.

Discord faced privacy issues from bots scraping messages, emphasizing the importance of data privacy online.

Deep dives

Mysterious Music Discovery in 80s Porno

A user uploads a mysterious music snippet to a site leading to a years-long internet hunt to identify its origin. The community creates a subreddit dedicated to the search. Eventually, the song is linked to music producer Christopher St. Booth who composed music for adult films, leading to its discovery in a 1986 porn film.

Discord Security

03:08

Lost Media Mystery Solved

02:20

Introduction

2min

The Mystery of the Long-Lost Song

9min

Uncovering a Track Amidst Sound Overlays

2min

The Quest for Lost Media and the Challenges of Archiving

10min

Exploring Lost Media Mysteries and Discord Monitoring Risks

2min

Discord's Privacy Nightmare: Spy Pet and Data Scraping

18min

Security Risks and Privacy Concerns in Online Chat Platforms

3min

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 online service was scraping and selling Discord server messages for as little as $5. Then in the subscribers-only section, Jason takes us into the world of influencers who are using AI livestream apps, complete with fake audiences, and how they're being used to target women.

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The 404 Media Podcast

A Lost Media Mystery

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Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Mysterious Music Discovery in 80s Porno

Disclosing Discord Data Privacy Concerns

Effect on Online Data Scrutiny

Challenges Faced by Discord in Handling Privacy Concerns

Discord Security

Lost Media Mystery Solved

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