Website reputation report

machine-ethics.net

Last checked 2 weeks ago · Point-in-time assessment

73/100Technical Safety ScoreIndependent technical assessment, not a visitor rating
● Local security concerns found

What is this website?

This podast was created and is run by Ben Byford and collaborators. The podcast, and other content was first created to extend Ben's growing interest in both the AI domain and in the Ethics associated. Over the last few years the podcast has grown into a place of discussion and dissemination of important ideas, not only in AI but in tech ethics generally. As the interviews unfold on AI implementation or abstract technology ideas they often vere into current affairs, the future of work, environmental

Local security concerns foundReview the observed form or connection issues below. These findings do not establish malware or phishing.

73/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History91 Infrastructure88 Website Security95 Security Hygiene45 Transparency71 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

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Current report context

What changed since the last scan

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What this scan could verify · 6 observed, 0 unavailable
DNS observed
Registration lookup observed
Network observed
TLS observed
Website response observed
Website content observed

Unavailable and unperformed checks are not clean results. The detailed evidence below remains the source for each conclusion.

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Independent evidence brief

What we observed about machine-ethics.net

Updated Oct 17, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on machine-ethics.net. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: This podast was created and is run by Ben Byford and collaborators. The podcast, and other content was first created to extend Ben's growing…

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Apr 22, 2015. Registrar: Mesh Digital Limited.

Recorded expiry date: Apr 22, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Dec 26, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 73/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Community reviews of machine-ethics.net

No approved reviews yet ☆☆☆☆☆

Visitor experiences are separate from the independent technical Safety Score.

Visitor opinions remain separate from the technical Safety Score.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on machine-ethics.net

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Hashtags found on the website: #AIRetreat · #our . These are site-supplied labels, not search rankings.

Machine Ethics PodcastPodcast running for over 10 years!!! Bringing together interviews with academics, authors, leaders, designers and engineers on the subject of AI Ethics, autonomous algorithms, arti About - Machine Ethics Podcasthttps://www.machine-ethics.net/about/ Episodes - Machine Ethics PodcastDiscourse on AI Ethics. News, explanation and Interviews with academics, authors, business leaders, creatives and engineers on the subject of autonomous algorithms, artificial int Playlists - Machine Ethics Podcasthttps://www.machine-ethics.net/playlists/ Compendium - Machine Ethics PodcastShort description of Machine Ethics, it's domain and lists of related content Sponsorship - Machine Ethics Podcasthttps://www.machine-ethics.net/sponsorship/ Stories of AI with Simon Bell - Machine Ethics PodcastThis episode we're chatting with Simon Bell about the future of the internet, science fiction, GenAI as research assistant, enshitification, stories of AI fear, emergence, writing Thinking ethically with Lawrence Sheraton - Machine Ethics PodcastThis time we're chatting with Lawrence Sheraton about models of economics, will AGI be ethical? moral capabilities of AI, an elusive obvious, how do we know what is right and wrong Data Collective with E.M. Lewis-Jong - Machine Ethics PodcastThis time we're chatting with E.M. about the promise of AI and making human connection easier, speech recognition and supporting linguistic diversity, making useful technologies th Future of Education with Dr Jonathan P. Strecker - Machine Ethics PodcastThis time we're chatting with Jonathan Strecker on the kinds of intelligences, why AI shouldn’t replace learning wholesale, six levels of wisdom, AI hallucinations and lack of trus

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on machine-ethics.net

5 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

podcastTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
of aiTitle, H1, Meta description4 sampled pages
re chattingMeta description4 sampled pages
future ofTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
timeMeta description3 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

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Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
91/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
88/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
45/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
71/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
96/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLNo signature match in the sampled HTML
Engine version1.5.4
Signature database date (UTC)2026-10-17T06:25:46+00:00
HTML bytes submitted12,418
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameNot listed in this snapshot
Feed downloaded (UTC)2026-10-17T12:00:06+00:00
Hosts in local snapshot386,082

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource analysis incomplete

4 resources checked · 2 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts2
Inline scripts4
Embedded frames0
External script hosts1

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

Redirect from HTTPS to HTTPSecurity concern · 1

The observed redirect chain includes a downgrade to an unencrypted connection. Connection security is assessed separately.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainmachine-ethics.net
RegistrarMesh Digital Limited
RegisteredApr 22, 2015
Domain age11 years
ExpiresApr 22, 2027
Registry statusesactive
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address139.59.169.226
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNNot detected
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.machine-ethics.net/
Endpoint139.59.169.226
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface9 records · 2 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals1 security headers · 3 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size12,418 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observed1
Script resources2 · 1 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 4 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR2
Valid fromSep 27, 2026
Valid untilDec 26, 2026
Certificate namesmachine-ethics.net · www.machine-ethics.net

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A139.59.169.226TTL —
NSns59.domaincontrol.comTTL —
NSns60.domaincontrol.comTTL —
MX10 mail.protonmail.chTTL —
MX20 mailsec.protonmail.chTTL —
TXTbrave-ledger-verification=a630ad15bc8326439a881d84b5b9c7c92c8e2eb7c291cefc1929ed354268d2b1TTL —
TXTbrave-ledger-verification=f40aa1ed70262e8d0aba95fe2e83a1b51fef99bcbc923be02074abe02735efd4TTL —
TXTprotonmail-verification=8e6dd80c165a2965222c46eca47b478087b0dcf2TTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch mx ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCPolicy record observed, not fully validated

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

1 observed
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed1
Missing Secure0
Missing HttpOnly0
Missing SameSite1

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Google Analytics 94% jQuery 2.1.3 82% Nginx 93%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

2 sampled JavaScript files checked locally with Retire.js. Database snapshot: 2026-10-17T02:40:06.539Z.

jquery 2.1.3 6 known advisories. CVE-2015-9251 CVE-2019-11358 CVE-2020-11023 CVE-2020-11022

A version match is not proof that the website is infected or that an issue is exploitable here. Owners should review the advisory, check whether their code is affected and test an update. Up to four external script files are sampled, not every dependency, inline script or dynamically loaded resource.

Recommended maintenance checks

jQueryConfirm the observed jQuery version is supported by your application and update it through your normal dependency process.
NginxReview the Nginx branch and keep security patches current. Avoid exposing detailed server version headers.

About this website

What the site says about itself

This podast was created and is run by Ben Byford and collaborators. The podcast, and other content was first created to extend Ben's growing interest in both the AI domain and in the Ethics associated. Over the last few years the podcast has grown into a place of discussion and dissemination of important ideas, not only in AI but in tech ethics generally. As the interviews unfold on AI implementation or abstract technology ideas they often vere into current affairs, the future of work, environmental issues, and more. Though the core is still AI and AI Ethics, we release content that is broader and therefore hopefully more useful to the general public and practitioners.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emailhello@machine-ethics.netSource: https://www.machine-ethics.net/

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleMachine Ethics Podcast
First headingMachine Ethics Podcast
DescriptionPodcast running for over 10 years!!! Bringing together interviews with academics, authors, leaders, designers and engineers on the subject of AI Ethics, autonomous algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, & more.
Canonical URLhttps://www.machine-ethics.net/
Final URLhttps://www.machine-ethics.net/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesNone observed
Page page detectedhttps://www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/About page detectedhttps://www.machine-ethics.net/about/
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
9100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts present100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing secure100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local cookies.cookies missing httponly100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

2 recorded hops
Hop 1http://www.machine-ethics.net/
Hop 2https://www.machine-ethics.net/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
deep-radar-ring-780

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

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No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

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No usable browser image was saved. The website icon is separate from a screenshot and is not visual evidence of the page.

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Questions about machine-ethics.net

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Is machine-ethics.net safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 73/100 with 70% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on machine-ethics.net?

ClamAV found no signature match in the sampled homepage HTML. External scripts, downloads and private server files were not checked. This is not a whole-site malware clearance.

When was machine-ethics.net registered?

The public registry record shows Apr 22, 2015. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did machine-ethics.net have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does machine-ethics.net describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.

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