Off The Hook

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 <a href="https://twitter.com/hackerradioshow">@HackerRadioShow</a> and Mastodon <a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@OffTheHook">@OffTheHook@masto.hackers.town</a>

Off The Hook - Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

09-04
54:29

Off The Hook - Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:00:00 EST

Alex is still in Sicily, Denmark to stop delivering letters, listener phone calls.

08-28
54:26

Off The Hook - Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

08-21
53:33

Off The Hook - Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

08-14
54:31

Off The Hook - Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

08-07
54:21

Off The Hook - Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:00:00 EST

Weather challenges, Alex's Gmail is full, Blu-ray region challenges, listener mail, ICE agents, YouTube censorship, Signal messages, Tornado Cash trial.

07-31
54:40

Off The Hook - Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

07-24
54:51

Off The Hook - Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

07-17
54:38

Off The Hook - Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

07-10
53:43

Off The Hook - Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

07-03
54:50

Off The Hook - Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

06-26
54:18

Off The Hook - Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:00:00 EST

No Kings Day experiences, Ford recall, the dark side of AI, unnecessary app permissions, listener mail, a thirty year old warning, Facebook woes, hold music.

06-19
55:06

Off The Hook - Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:00:00 EST

Alex is in Prague, NY lawmakers vote to prevent NYPD from blocking access to radio communications, burning Waymos, the LA protests, the Posse Comitatus Act, No Kings day, enlisting AI's help.

06-12
54:48

Off The Hook - Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:00:00 EST

White House investigating hacked Chief of Staff's phone, DIA employee caught attempting to leak information, ICE arrests at immigration courts, Trump asks Palantir to compile data on every American.

06-04
54:00

Off The Hook - Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:00 EST

Man held captive for his bitcoin, Trump's crypto dinner, messaging ex-Signal users, social media posts can affect student visa applications, Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene picked a fight with Grok.

05-28
54:33

Off The Hook - Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 EST

Alex is in Barcelona, defining habeas corpus, listener phone calls, routing phone calls, John Young of Cryptome has passed away, listener email in defense of TikTok, privacy tips, getting a new landline.

05-21
54:50

Off The Hook - Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:00 EST

Tiktok chromebook challenge, charter airline involved in deportation effort hacked, listener mail.

05-14
55:15

Off The Hook - Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 EST

Real ID deadline is here, NYCLU's opposition, privacy concerns, listener email, interactive shows being removed from Netflix, the death of Skype.

05-07
55:04

Off The Hook - Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 EST

An evacuation at Rob's workplace, Emmanuel is angry with Google again, strange new government domains, Milwaukee judge arrested, Stony Brook grant cancelled, USAID devices will no longer be collected.

05-01
54:53

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