{"podcast":{"title":"The 404 Media Podcast","slug":"the-404-media-podcast-6582713","podcast_index_feed_id":6582713,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TBIEA2761282490","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-404-media-podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0093ee4c-0bda-11ef-93ba-e39e76a9922d/image/377741829a069cbcd768a394f5c235f7.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"404 Media","episode_count":198,"summary":"Welcome to the podcast from 404 Media where Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason catch you up on the stories we published this week. 404 Media is a journalist-owned digital media company exploring the way technology is shaping–and is shaped by–our world. We bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds both online and IRL through investigative reporting, smart blogging, and breaking news. At 404 Media you’ll read, and hear, stories you can’t find anywhere else written by journalists who are leading experts on their beats. Subscribe to 404 Media at 404media.co to gain access to an ad-free version of this podcast, as well as a bonus podcast episodes. Subscribers are the bedrock of building a sustainable business for our journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T20:17:02.852713+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-404-media-podcast-6582713"},"episode":{"title":"Millions of People Are Installing Malware on Their Partners’ Phones","slug":"millions-of-people-are-installing-malware-on-their-partners-phones","published_at":"2026-05-25T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-404-media-podcast-6582713/millions-of-people-are-installing-malware-on-their-partners-phones","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-404-media-podcast-6582713","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/2D5E6/mgln.ai/e/1246/tracking.swap.fm/track/AoSMVIl7piQbthzJoBqJ/traffic.megaphone.fm/TBIEA8095148376.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/2D5E6/mgln.ai/e/1246/tracking.swap.fm/track/AoSMVIl7piQbthzJoBqJ/traffic.megaphone.fm/TBIEA8095148376.mp3","summary":"This week Joseph speaks to Zack Whittaker, an editor at TechCrunch. Zack has been leading coverage into the spouseware or stalkerware industry. This is malware sold to ordinary people, which they then often install on their girlfriend’s or someone else’s phone. Zack talks about the crazy scope of this problem. Behind the stalkerware network spilling the private phone data of hundreds of thousands Spyzie stalkerware is spying on thousands of Android and iPhone users Stalkerware tag on TechCrunch This Week In Security Newsletter YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/BLb46310iLs Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"This week Joseph speaks to Zack Whittaker, an editor at TechCrunch. Zack has been leading coverage into the spouseware or stalkerware industry. This is ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2973,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-404-media-podcast-6582713/episodes/millions-of-people-are-installing-malware-on-their-partners-phones/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-404-media-podcast-6582713/millions-of-people-are-installing-malware-on-their-partners-phones.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}