For years Craig Silverman has covered the world of ad fraud and disinformation using all sorts of open source intelligence (OSINT) techniques. As one of the co-founders of independent media company the Indicator, he speaks to 404 Media about disinformation, if fact-checking even matters in the Trump era, and investigating digital deception. Also, definitely check out Indicator at Indicator.media. The site publishes its own investigations but also tips and tricks you can use yourself. Head to 404

Do you use Signal's messaging app to communicate with loved ones? In this special interview episode, 404 Media speaks with Meredith Whittaker, the president of the Signal Foundation. We sat down with Whittaker to talk all about the state of Signal today, the threat of AI to end-to-end encryption, what backdoors actually look like, and much more. This is a wide-ranging discussion where 404's Joseph Cox, one of the few journalists who has revealed new details about backdoors, gets to speak to one