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Off The Hook a podcast from 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. It discusses the hacker's view of the emerging technology, and the threats posed by an increasingly Orwellian society. Hear updates on security flaws from the hacker perspective, as well as the latest news from within the hacker community. Follow us on Twitter @HackerRadioShow and Mastodon @OffTheHook@masto.hackers.town
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Pushback against age verification technology, monetization of social media, listener criticism, 1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak, Iranian hacking group targeted Stryker in attack, hackers broke into FBI system, Jello Biafra hospitalized after stroke.
Alex is in Old Blighty, flight disruptions, presidential power, Anthropic pushes back against Pentagon, elected officials on Twitter, FCC encourages patriotic content.
Surviving the blizzard, impending RAM shortage, new app detects nearby smart glasses, listener phone calls.
Alex is in London, Ring cuts ties with Flock, Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files, AI agent complains about rejected code contribution, DHS wants social media sites to expose anti-ICE accounts.
Doorbell cameras and privacy concerns, Google shared info on student activist with ICE, FBI unable to access reporter's data on iPhone in lockdown mode, account passwords exposed in Epstein files.
Alex helps to free ICE detainee, anti ICE website suffers data breach, blacklisted by AI, more Jeffrey Epstein files released, university data breach.
Alex is in London, Meta blocks links to ICE list, TikTok censors videos critical of ICE, FBI investigating Minnesota Signal chat groups, listener phone calls.
Microsoft gutting employee library, ICE raids, AI awkwardness, Windows problems, skiplagging, banning UK teens from social media.
Emmanuel and Kyle are back in the studio, traveling internationally, volunteering to help ICE detainees, ICE training period reduced, we're running on an old operating system, fake Wikipedia pages, listener email, free bus service.
1Listener email, hactivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage, Vietnam to force YouTube to allow skipping ads, social media "addiction" warnings, AI manipulated images, Public Domain Day, Sony patents AI "ghost player".
Emmanuel and Kyle are at the Chaos Communications Congress and already in 2026, banned items at NYC Mayoral Inauguration, kids at CCC, Alex is in London, greetings from the Chelsea Arts Club, CCC talks are available online.
Alex is in Florida, Gila is on the mend, redacted info in Epstein files easily recovered, segment pulled from 60 Minutes airs in Canada, 83 million music files scraped from Spotify, documenting ICE license plates.
Emmanuel and Kyle are away on assignment, a medical emergency, trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image, unremovable Copilot on LG TVs, Firefox will become a "modern AI browser", Amazon pulls AI-powered recaps from Prime Video.
NYC tree lighting ceremony, new Twitter features, age verification laws.
KFC removes hacker ad campaign, ESPN radio station says it's signal was hacked, Emma Best of DDoSecrets joins the panel to discuss the release of Jeffrey Epstein emails.
Alex is in Buenos Ares, listener mail, new studio hardware, listener phone calls, controversy at St John's over HOPE, phone problems, Cloudflare outage.
Far-right UK activist cleared of charges for refusing to give police PIN to his phone, students using Google Docs as chat clients, Cody Kociemba joins the panel to discuss his No Longer Evil project to revive old Nest thermostats.
Feelings about the election results, reactions to last week's show, new life for old Nest thermostats, unnecessary complexity, listener email, ICE using facial recognition tech.
Alex is in Dublin, listener mail, Google ends support for old Nest thermostats, AI mistakes bag of chips for firearm, Musk's Grok AI asks 12 year old for nudes.
Remembering our friend Greg Newby.
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