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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@hackers.town
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Interesting phone announcements, important Hulu news, today is WBAI's 65th anniversary, Facebook is ending its fact checking program, AI was used to plan Tesla cybertruck explosion, financially motivated hacking crimes.
Facebook to flood platform with AI-driven characters, cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel, Stephen King's radio stations rescued from closure, a look back at 2024 and predictions for 2025, listener email.
Christmas and Hanukkah are on the same day this year, OTH will be on the air on WBAI's 65th anniversary, listener mail, more drone news, Indiana bakery using Commodore 64s as cash registers, Arizona schools using AI to teach children, issues with robotic news, Vivek Ramaswamy's Twitter account hacked, popular doorbell cams easy to hack.
Ham humor, more drone news, listener phone calls.
Mysterious drone sightings, Google unveils new quantum processor, questions surrounding Trump's pick to head the FBI, listener email.
An assassination in NYC, Trump pick to head FBI successfully hacked by foreign spies, Chinese state hackers infiltrated telecoms in dozens of countries, preserving area code 207, Stephen King's radio stations going off the air.
Fighting scammers with AI, FedEx customer service replaced by AI, Trump bypassing background checks for political appointees, checking URLs, data breach from Andrew Tate's online university.
Alex is back from Bangkok, six words that lead to getting hacked, Google has a culture of concealment, Matt Gaetz misconduct report accessed by unknown individual, people are fleeing Twitter for Bluesky.
Alex is still in Bangkok, a rough road ahead, mother forced to install tracking software on son's phone, Twitter changes terms of service to allow training AI, menstrual health tracking app pledges never to share info with authorities.
Alex is in Bangkok, comments on the presidential election and what's to come.
Clips from the past, more on the pouches used in schools to prevent cellphone use, Chinese hackers targeting Trump and Harris campaign phones, businesses sue FTC to block new "click to cancel" rule.
Alex is at Columbia University, an update on the Internet Archive, San Francisco light rail control system finally ditching floppy disks, listener email on controlling PixMob bracelets, Facebook extorting users, parents object to plan to prevent cellphone use in schools.
The past week's adventures, stadium tech, Facebook hacks, hacked robot vacuums, phone problems, hiring North Korean cyber criminals, Pokemon game leak, AI issues in school, Internet Archive hacked.
Listener comments on last week's segments on right to repair and hurricane Helene, more disinformation, attacking NOAA, Alex's sister Rachel joins the panel from Ft. Myers Florida to discuss the approaching hurricane Milton.
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Greg Newby joins the panel, reporter suspended from Twitter for publishing Vance dossier, Trump hackers impersonated Ginni Thomas, paralyzed man unable to walk after maker of powered exoskeleton refuses to repair it, Greg recounts his experience with hurricane Helene.
Iranian hackers tried to give Trump data to Biden campaign, labeling Trump’s lies as "disputed" on Twitter makes supporters believe them more, Kaspersky replaces their software with UltraAV, Delaware public library servers hacked.
Third party Twitter app hacked, Israeli attack on Hezbollah pagers, investigating BAC Consulting, infiltrating the TOR network, listener email.
Remembering 9/11, excerpts from the first post-9/11 show, individual memories of that day, Elon Musk in the spotlight again, Tenet Media funded by Russia to spread propaganda.
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