Ian Mitchell
Appearances
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era
For the longest time, we have these images of somebody sitting crouched over their computer with a hoodie on, just kind of typing away in the middle of the night. And honestly, that's not what it is anymore.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era
It's mind-blowing to see the kind of infrastructure that's been built to facilitate scamming at scale. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of scam centers all around the world. These are very savvy business people. These are organized criminal rings. And so once we understand the magnitude of this problem, we can protect people better.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era
We need to talk to each other. We need to have those awkward conversations around what do you do if you have text messages you don't recognize? What do you do if you start getting asked to send information that's more sensitive? Even my own father fell victim to a, thank goodness, a smaller dollar scam, but he fell victim and we have these conversations all the time.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era
So we are all at risk and we all need to work together to protect each other.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI election deepfakes have arrived
We need to talk to each other. We need to have those awkward conversations around what do you do if you have text messages you don't recognize? What do you do if you start getting asked to send information that's more sensitive? Even my own father fell victim to a—thank goodness— a smaller dollar scam, but he fell victim and we have these conversations all the time.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI election deepfakes have arrived
So we are all at risk and we all need to work together to protect each other.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI election deepfakes have arrived
For the longest time, we have these images of somebody sitting crouched over their computer with a hoodie on, just kind of typing away in the middle of the night. And honestly, that's not what it is anymore.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
The AI election deepfakes have arrived
It's mind-blowing to see the kind of infrastructure that's been built to facilitate scamming at scale. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of scam centers all around the world. These are very savvy business people. These are organized criminal rings. And so once we understand the magnitude of this problem, we can protect people better.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How The Onion is saving itself from the digital media death spiral
For the longest time, we have these images of somebody sitting crouched over their computer with a hoodie on, just kind of typing away in the middle of the night. And honestly, that's not what it is anymore.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How The Onion is saving itself from the digital media death spiral
It's mind-blowing to see the kind of infrastructure that's been built to facilitate scamming at scale. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of scam centers all around the world. These are very savvy business people. These are organized criminal rings. And so once we understand the magnitude of this problem, we can protect people better.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How The Onion is saving itself from the digital media death spiral
We need to talk to each other. We need to have those awkward conversations around what do you do if you have text messages you don't recognize? What do you do if you start getting asked to send information that's more sensitive? Even my own father fell victim to a—thank goodness— a smaller dollar scam, but he fell victim and we have these conversations all the time.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How The Onion is saving itself from the digital media death spiral
So we are all at risk and we all need to work together to protect each other.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown
For the longest time, we have these images of somebody sitting crouched over their computer with a hoodie on, just kind of typing away in the middle of the night. And honestly, that's not what it is anymore.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown
It's mind-blowing to see the kind of infrastructure that's been built to facilitate scamming at scale. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of scam centers all around the world. These are very savvy business people. These are organized criminal rings. And so once we understand the magnitude of this problem, we can protect people better.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown
We need to talk to each other. We need to have those awkward conversations around what do you do if you have text messages you don't recognize? What do you do if you start getting asked to send information that's more sensitive? Even my own father fell victim to a—thank goodness— a smaller dollar scam, but he fell victim and we have these conversations all the time.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown
So we are all at risk and we all need to work together to protect each other.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How the Wayback Machine is fighting linkrot
Fox Creative. This is advertiser content from Zelle. When you picture an online scammer, what do you see?
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How the Wayback Machine is fighting linkrot
That's Ian Mitchell, a banker turned fraud fighter. These days, online scams look more like crime syndicates than individual con artists. And they're making bank. Last year, scammers made off with more than $10 billion.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How the Wayback Machine is fighting linkrot
One challenge that fraud fighters like Ian face is that scam victims sometimes feel too ashamed to discuss what happened to them. But Ian says one of our best defenses is simple. We need to talk to each other.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How the Wayback Machine is fighting linkrot
Learn more about how to protect yourself at vox.com slash zelle. And when using digital payment platforms, remember to only send money to people you know and trust.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable
For the longest time, we have these images of somebody sitting crouched over their computer with a hoodie on, just kind of typing away in the middle of the night. And honestly, that's not what it is anymore.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable
It's mind-blowing to see the kind of infrastructure that's been built to facilitate scamming at scale. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of scam centers all around the world. These are very savvy business people. These are organized criminal rings. And so once we understand the magnitude of this problem, we can protect people better.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable
We need to talk to each other. We need to have those awkward conversations around what do you do if you have text messages you don't recognize? What do you do if you start getting asked to send information that's more sensitive? Even my own father fell victim to a, thank goodness, a smaller dollar scam, but he fell victim and we have these conversations all the time.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable
So we are all at risk and we all need to work together to protect each other.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Disney Is a Tech Company?
Fox Creative. This is advertiser content from Zelle. When you picture an online scammer, what do you see?
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Disney Is a Tech Company?
That's Ian Mitchell, a banker turned fraud fighter. These days, online scams look more like crime syndicates than individual con artists. And they're making bank. Last year, scammers made off with more than $10 billion.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Disney Is a Tech Company?
One challenge that fraud fighters like Ian face is that scam victims sometimes feel too ashamed to discuss what happened to them. But Ian says one of our best defenses is simple. We need to talk to each other.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Disney Is a Tech Company?
Learn more about how to protect yourself at vox.com slash zelle. And when using digital payment platforms, remember to only send money to people you know and trust.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How Philips CEO Roy Jakobs is turning the company around after major recall
For the longest time, we have these images of somebody sitting crouched over their computer with a hoodie on, just kind of typing away in the middle of the night. And honestly, that's not what it is anymore.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How Philips CEO Roy Jakobs is turning the company around after major recall
It's mind-blowing to see the kind of infrastructure that's been built to facilitate scamming at scale. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of scam centers all around the world. These are very savvy business people. These are organized criminal rings. And so once we understand the magnitude of this problem, we can protect people better.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How Philips CEO Roy Jakobs is turning the company around after major recall
We need to talk to each other. We need to have those awkward conversations around what do you do if you have text messages you don't recognize? What do you do if you start getting asked to send information that's more sensitive? Even my own father fell victim to a—thank goodness— a smaller dollar scam, but he fell victim and we have these conversations all the time.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
How Philips CEO Roy Jakobs is turning the company around after major recall
So we are all at risk and we all need to work together to protect each other.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning
For the longest time, we have these images of somebody sitting crouched over their computer with a hoodie on, just kind of typing away in the middle of the night. And honestly, that's not what it is anymore.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning
It's mind-blowing to see the kind of infrastructure that's been built to facilitate scamming at scale. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of scam centers all around the world. These are very savvy business people. These are organized criminal rings. And so once we understand the magnitude of this problem, we can protect people better.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning
We need to talk to each other. We need to have those awkward conversations around what do you do if you have text messages you don't recognize? What do you do if you start getting asked to send information that's more sensitive? Even my own father fell victim to a, thank goodness, a smaller dollar scam, but he fell victim and we have these conversations all the time.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning
So we are all at risk and we all need to work together to protect each other.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Anthropic’s Mike Krieger wants to build AI products that are worth the hype
Fox Creative. This is advertiser content from Zelle. When you picture an online scammer, what do you see?
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Anthropic’s Mike Krieger wants to build AI products that are worth the hype
That's Ian Mitchell, a banker turned fraud fighter. These days, online scams look more like crime syndicates than individual con artists. And they're making bank. Last year, scammers made off with more than $10 billion.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Anthropic’s Mike Krieger wants to build AI products that are worth the hype
One challenge that fraud fighters like Ian face is that scam victims sometimes feel too ashamed to discuss what happened to them. But Ian says one of our best defenses is simple.
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Anthropic’s Mike Krieger wants to build AI products that are worth the hype
Learn more about how to protect yourself at vox.com slash Zelle. And when using digital payment platforms, remember to only send money to people you know and trust.