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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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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.
Emmanuel and Alex are the only ones on the show tonight, Emmanuel and Kyle went to visit Greg Newby in hospice, benefits of train travel, Apple removed ICEBlock from app store, listener email.
Friend of the show Greg Newby is in hospice, listener complaints, feds dismantle illicit network of SIM servers in New York area, listener phone calls.
The backlash to the Charlie Kirk assassination, listener email, FCC objects to comments made by Jimmy Kimmel, Proton disables journalists' email accounts, NYC wireless emergency alert test.
Alex is driving, listener email, embarrassing corporate hacks, therapist caught secretly using ChatGPT, senator calls for FTC to investigate Microsoft.
Alex is in a cab, Emmanuel and Kyle were in Vermont, phone problems, listener complaints, Mastodon is unable to comply with age verification laws, court rules in Google monopoly case, DOGE put critical Social Security data at risk, ICE agents unmasked by AI.
Alex is still in Sicily, Denmark to stop delivering letters, listener phone calls.
A late start, Alex is in Sicily, the HOPE conference was this weekend, Off The Hook AMA, the ICEBlock talk, the "LA Music Festival", the DOGE talk, the Harper Reed talk.
It's conference season, Jason Scott and Kusanagi join the panel to discuss the upcoming HOPE conference, AOL is sunsetting dial up Internet service, Illinois bans AI therapists.
A verdict in the Tornado Cash trial, Google loses app store anti-trust case, Meta found guilty of illegally collecting data from a period-tracker app, parts of Constitution disappear from US website, people in positions of power doing dangerous things.
Weather challenges, Alex's Gmail is full, Blu-ray region challenges, listener mail, ICE agents, YouTube censorship, Signal messages, Tornado Cash trial.
Justice Department fires wife of ICEBlock developer, Director of Human Rights First Innovation Lab Perris Richter joins the panel to discuss their ReadyNow! app, listener phone calls.
Republicans oppose bill to prevent ICE from deporting US citizens, identification requirements for law enforcement officers, listener email, evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at ICE protest.
Twitter's Grok chatbot spewing antisemitic remarks, fake AI Marco Rubio targeting high level officials, Joshua Aaron joins the panel to discuss his ICEBlock app.
ICE tracking and reporting apps, Trump administration builds massive database of citizens, new limits on nationwide injunctions, Paramount settles with Trump over 60 Minutes lawsuit.
Alex is in Germany, your Costco membership card is not a REAL ID, listener email, dispelling German train myths, listener phone calls, passport cards, social media snooping, ICE trackers, burner phones.
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