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, 17 Dec 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

12-18
53:06

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

NYC tree lighting ceremony, new Twitter features, age verification laws.

12-04
54:13

Off The Hook - Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

11-27
55:58

Off The Hook - Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:00:00 EST

Alex is in Buenos Ares, listener mail, new studio hardware, listener phone calls, controversy at St John's over HOPE, phone problems, Cloudflare outage.

11-20
54:25

Off The Hook - Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

11-13
54:40

Off The Hook - Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

11-06
54:51

Off The Hook - Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

10-30
53:46

Off The Hook - Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:00:00 EST

Remembering our friend Greg Newby.

10-23
54:51

Off The Hook - Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

10-16
16:24

Off The Hook - Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

09-25
54:44

Off The Hook - Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:00:00 EST

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.

09-18
54:44

Off The Hook - Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:00:00 EST

Alex is driving, listener email, embarrassing corporate hacks, therapist caught secretly using ChatGPT, senator calls for FTC to investigate Microsoft.

09-11
54:03

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

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