Off The Hook (low-bitrate): Recent Episodes
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tiktok chromebook challenge, charter airline involved in deportation effort hacked, listener mail.
Real ID deadline is here, NYCLU's opposition, privacy concerns, listener email, interactive shows being removed from Netflix, the death of Skype.
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.
Alex is in Geneva Switzerland, crosswalks hacked in Seattle, late night silver alert targets landlines in Suffolk County, Pete Hegseth disclosed sensitive info in yet another Signal group chat, DOGE may have caused a security breach at labor board.
Notorious websites targeted in hacks, Zoom outage, more legal firms cave to Trump, listener phone calls.
FCC investigating radio station for reporting on ICE actions, listener email, false claims of transparency from Elon Musk, listener phone calls, more Musk conspirators.
Parallels between Belarus and the US, new .gov domain registrations, outing the conspirators, Musk employees now control US government computers, listener email.
Alex is in London, listener email, hacking and politics, Elon's Nazi salute, Facebook and Instagram weirdness, the need for fact checking, Cyber Security Review Board members fired, TLAs and FLAs.
Alex is in London, Gila joined Bluesky, big tech is ingratiating itself to the new administration, congestion pricing has gone into effect in NYC, listener phone calls, judge ends bid to dig up landfill.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Twitter banned in Brazil, Brazilians flock to Bluesky, tensions with Starlink, fandom accounts impacted, the impact of disinformation around the world, Telegram CEO arrested in France, Facebook blocks news links in Canada.
Alex is in Spain, Emmanuel and Kyle are back in the studio, mourning the loss of WCBS, huge data leak exposes millions of social security numbers, bicycle vulnerabilities, police using AI to write crime reports.
Volt4ire is back, The Gibson and c0debabe join the panel to discuss the Veilid project, Defcon and BSides, Veilid chat, Hackers for Harris, the Keep the Vote project, Phrack publishes a new issue, Google punishes sites that block AI bot, Snoo Smart Bassinet angers parents by paywalling features.
Skype problems, Emmanuel and Kyle are on the road returning from Defcon, "visual inspections" in Las Vegas hotel rooms, Trump campaign hack, WCBS FM is ceasing operations.
Emmanuel and Kyle are in Los Angeles, taking a train across the county with 200lbs of luggage, attending Defcon, 50 year anniversary of an event in NYC, judge rules against Google in antitrust case, remembering those we've lost, an update on Virgil Griffith's sentence.
Protecting yourself from scams, Ticketmaster breach notifications, UK election agency hacked by China, MLS hack, Starbucks "hack", Logitech wants to sell a mouse subscription, listener email, Google backpedals on blocking third party cookies.
AT&T breach exposes data of virtually all wireless customers, authorities were able to access Trump shooter's phone with help from Celebrite, an update on Virgil Griffith's sentence, flawed Crowdstrike update causes global chaos.
The Trump immunity ruling, how technology has eroded democracy, court must approve lyrics of rapper on supervised release, election database hacked, Paramount deletes decades of online content, listener email.
A late start, Alex is in London, Julian Assange has been freed from prison, the plea deal is a threat to journalism, hearing took place in US Territory of Saipan, backlash to the reach of US law, tomorrow's historic presidential debate, Seattle's Living Computers Museum is closing for good.
Off The Hook is on this week after all, keeping cool during a heat wave, smartphone problems, the advantages of older technology, flip phone sales are surging, high school memories, listener email, today is Juneteenth.
Old phone sounds, YouTube complaints, the pervasiveness of advertising, the Windows Recall controversy, "AI" is creeping into everything, NY introduces Mobile ID, listener email.
Alex is in Austin, Ticketmaster has had a bad couple of weeks, the case for privacy in financial transactions, TikTok DMs could contain malware, listener email, YouTube and the washing machine chime scandal.
Television problems, radio is still a thing, listener email, the benefits of using a VPN, foreign phone problems, woman sued over image of room.
Alex is in NYC, RFK Jr's brain worm, radio isn't dead yet, hacker happenings, Senator Lindsay Graham's phone may have been hacked, old news, one third of Americans' data compromised in United Healthcare hack, fraudulent Taylor Swift tickets on Facebook, the Eurovision song contest.
Emmanuel and Kyle are back in the studio, the Columbia University protests, FCC fines Pacifica for underwriting violations, perusing old Off The Hook shows, listener email.
Emmanuel and Kyle are on the road traveling back from viewing the eclipse, Alex is in Boston, visiting Washington DC, AI generated television, reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the state of radio in the rest of the country, outro: "Disinformation Overload" by Jason Didner.
AI Joe Biden endorses the HOPE conference, Emmanuel and Kyle are on assignment, Oregon governor signs nation's first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing, jails banned visits in “quid pro quo” with prison phone companies, Emma Best from DDoSecrets joins the panel to discuss new data related to WikiLeaks, outro: "Press the Yellow Key" by Todd Mazierski.
Alex is in a cab in London, Justice Department considering whether to allow Julian Assange to plead guilty to reduced charges, YouTube adds new policies for AI generated content, Apple may use Google AI in iPhones.
Alex is in London, House passes bill to ban TikTok, Elon Musk cancels talk show over interview, listener mail, menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy.
University vending machines discovered to have facial recognition technology, Epic Games hackers admit they made it all up, man hacked government auction site to buy cars for one dollar, Florida official's husband arrested for Fox News hack, OpenAI accused The New York Times of hacking ChatGPT.
Cooper Quintin & David Greene from EFF join the panel to discuss how an Indian cyber espionage company used Indian courts to virtually wipe a series of negative news stories about them from the internet.
It's a double holiday, panelists are recovering from various maladies, driverless car attacked in San Francisco, Canada wants to ban Flipper Zero, burglars in Minnesota using WiFi jammers to disrupt security systems, queer.af Mastodon instance disappeared because of the Taliban.
Health maladies plague the panel, HOPE email issues, Signal gripes, examining Gmail's spam folder, Taylor Swift threatens to sue owner of jet tracking accounts, listener mail.
Short and pertinent poetry, MTA's new subway gates are easily defeated, MTA exploring biometric locks for subway conductor cabs, why train conductors point, listener mail, the vagaries of cryptocurrency.
HOPE XV Call for Participation is now open, DeCSS judge involved in Trump case, OpenAI quietly removes restrictions on military applications from terms of service, SEC Twitter account compromised, Micah Lee joins the panel to discuss his new book "Hacks, Leaks and Revelations".
WBAI's origins, why radio is better than podcasts, examples of some of the programming on WBAI, notable events in WBAI's history, WBAI has survived multiple takeover attempts, reaction to an April Fools prank, how Off The Hook archives can inspire others, how everyone on the panel found their way to WBAI, WBAI has survived multiple disasters.
Alex is in Croatia, news in Canada blocked by tech giants in response to new law, OMNY exposes data that can be used to track NYC subway riders' movements, FAA begins implementing new Remote ID rule for tracking drones.
Alex is in Slovenia, Dildog, Medus4 and The Gibson join the panel to discuss their Veilid project, how the framework reduces costs and secures data for apps built on top of it, The Gibson's motivation for creating hackers.town, reaction to the project since it was announced, user experience, design considerations that went into Veilid, explaining Cult of the Dead Cow, how Veilid can protect against some of the more sinister use cases of personal data, addressing safety of the framework, where the name came from.
Alex is in Las Vegas for Defcon, remembering Cheshire Catalyst, the WBAI website is down, Twitter fined for delay in complying with search warrant for Trump's account records, security breach exposes UK voters' data.
MTA to experiment with artificial intelligence, Twitter sues Center for Countering Digital Hate over lost advertising, Mastodon server compromised when admin's home was raided by FBI on unrelated charges, NYPD testing new radio encryption system.
Remembering Kevin Mitnick, masks at the first HOPE conference, the Free Kevin movement, Kevin's business cards, the Freedom Downtime documentary, the Takedown protests, listener mail, The New York Times' role in demonizing Kevin, how hackers first found out that the FBI was looking for Kevin, news of Kevin's capture.
Alex is back in the country, Emmanuel and Kyle are on assignment, The_Gibson joins the panel to discuss the fediverse, Twitter restricts access to logged in users only, how the fediverse differs from Twitter, Threads might disrupt the fediverse, Google might scrape everything you post online to train it's AI, a preview of a privacy project by The_Gibson and Cult of the Dead Cow.
Alex is in London, Emmanuel and Kyle are in the Yukon, Greg Newby joins the panel, communicating via Starlink, radio telephones, Greg ran in the Denali135, communications systems for the middle of nowhere, Alex attended the Chelsea Arts Club Ball, visiting Canadian radio stations, Canadian wildfires are still a problem, Facebook to block news content in Canada, smartphone emergency call issues, Fort Worth systems hacked over state's laws against gender affirming care.
Skype problems, Emmanuel and Kyle are on assignment, the Reddit blackout, volt4ire joins the panel, an update on the ChatGPT lawyer story, EU takes first steps toward AI regulation, Hollywood writers' concerns over AI, Amazon Fire kids tablet used to stalk security pro, listener mail.
Emmanuel visited Virgil Griffith in prison, the Maker Faire is coming to Coney Island, broadcast signal intrusion in Russia, misinformation on Twitter, device searches at borders, Gmail sender verification hacked, questionable political donations, poor internal security at Amazon's Ring, Canadian smoke.
An experiment during Overtime, IRS to test free online filing system, distracted by chat, iPhones will be able to impersonate your voice using AI, Facebook glitches, Google to delete inactive accounts, ChatGPT can't tell if something was written by ChatGPT, Eurovision.
Alex is in Pittsburgh, the logic behind area code assignment, the Long Island Telephone Museum, MTA will continue to post on Twitter after all, three companies fined for generating fake public comments to influence the FCC's net neutrality decision, Google will integrate AI into search, Eurovision security concerns.
2600 is 40 years old, Missouri trans snitch form taken offline, Pornhub blocks users in Utah, MTA will no longer post on Twitter, Indiana zoo website hacked, Google replacing passwords with passkeys.
Skype problems, listener mail, upgrades are unavoidable, the Skype problems have been resolved, the problem with the federal judiciary.
The leaked Ukraine war documents, tracing the timeline of the leak, document alterations, debating the motivations of the source of the leak, the government investigation, more wayward documents, the surprising history of 2600 Magazine according to Google Bard, NPR labeled as "state affiliated media" on Twitter.
Cory Doctorow joins the panel to discuss his new book "Red Team Blues", the Amazon/Audible monopoly, Amazon's ad practices, an excerpt from "Red Team Blues", a preview of the next two books in the series, advice for new writers.
How to tell the difference between a chatbot and a human, Space Rogue joins the panel to discuss his new book "How the Hackers Known As L0pht Changed the World", choosing a hacker handle, testifying before Congress, the origins of L0pht, writing a book, the end of L0pht as @stake, the Hacker News Network, remembering Aloria.
Alex is in London, testing the new studio setup, car manufacturers are phasing out AM radios, Volkswagen charges police to track stolen vehicle, some cars will be able to repossess themselves, Elon Musk says ChatGPT is too woke, Russia fines Wikipedia for misinformation, listener email.
Alex is back in NYC, cell phone antics, more AI news, arguing with Bing, recalling an old Asimov story, comparisons to Eliza from the 60's, Marty the robot escapes PA supermarket.
A ChatGPT intro, Alex is back in London, tech giants rush to deploy their own AI products, deep-fake voice technology is getting easier to use, some Supreme Court justices misuse personal email for work, hacked Twitter account leads to crypto theft.
Lorax Horne from Distributed Denial of Secrets and Arseny join the panel, ChatGPT passes Wharton MBA exam, elected officials object to MSG's use of facial recognition, T-Mobile hacked again, only half of smart appliance owners connect them to the Internet, MA high school smart lights have been on for over a year, Lorax discusses the leak of the no-fly list.
Alex is in London this week, experimenting with ChatGPT, asking it to write poetry, songs, about it's feelings, jokes, limericks, about politics, getting different answers to the same question, another lawyer denied entry to MSG after being identified by facial recognition, a ChatGPT signoff.
Arseny joins the panel to discuss his time in Russia, banking and 'right to repair' culture in Russia, Twitter releases contradictory statement regarding leaked data, the LastPass breach, California wants to digitize license plates, Melbourne's anti-graffiti QR codes vandalized, a sad anniversary.
It's freezing in Florida, the most important stories of the year and predictions for next year.
Alex is in Tel Aviv, TSA wants to scan your face, San Francisco reverses course on killer robots, COVID-19 is still a thing, Elon Musk releases "Twitter files".
Audio problems, more details on the FTX collapse, SFPD authorized to use robots to kill suspects, Amazon Alexa deemed colossal failure, WikiLeaks website is falling apart at the seams.
A week of failures, Elon Musk makes drastic changes at Twitter, the blue check fiasco, listener email, FTX hacked after filing for bankruptcy.
It's the post-election day show, Welton Chang of Pyrra joins the panel to discuss election disinformation, how the media influenced expectations for the midterms, political spam, election day experiences.
OTH is back after a few weeks of preemptions, Mitch Altman and Greg Newby join the show, Mitch has been traveling the world teaching people how to solder and planning hacker conferences, Greg is preparing for winter in the Yukon and trying to get Internet connectivity in the middle of nowhere, YouTube removed an Off The Hook Overtime episode for violating their guidelines.
How remote technology has changed the show, Elon Musk agrees to buy Twitter (again), Paige Thompson sentenced in AWS hacking case, an update on the Girls Who Code story.
GTA hacker arrested, Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden, listener email, Girls Who Code books banned from a Pennsylvania school district.
Civil rights groups are calling on Amazon to cancel 'Ring Nation' reality show, NYC plans to install cameras on subway cars, DHS built huge database from cellphones & computers seized at border.
Rob has long covid, speeding tickets from foreign countries, judge grants Trump's request for special master to review documents, DDoSecrets publishes Oath Keepers leaked data, Cloudflare reverses course and blocks Kiwi Farms.
Alex is in another part of the world, (im)patience around the world, keeping the wild boars out, an upgrade to stereo, former Twitter security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko accuses company of cybersecurity negligence, listener email.
Alex is on a plane, HOPE videos are online, don't say bad things about Apple, Alex was on the front page of the New York Times, fighting with YouTube's copyright bots, listener emails, FEMA warns of vulnerabilities in EAS devices, Anonymous hacks CCP website.
Getting the HOPE videos online, US federal courts system data breach, European missile manufacturer data breach, Rob and Gila are back, Winamp is back, listener email.
Greg Newby, Volt4ire, Alex, Mitch Altman and Liz Gorski are on to discuss the 14th HOPE conference that took place this weekend, how HOPE ended up at St. John's University, hanging out after hours, an overview of some of the talks and workshops, the May Contain Hackers conference was occurring at the same time in the Netherlands, the AV and streaming crews stepped up their games, YouTube pulled the stream of one of the live tracks.
HOPE is next week, the pandemic isn't over, Elon Musk wants to pull out of the Twitter deal, roadside message board "hacked", Google location history used to fight parking charge, Disneyland's Instagram account hacked, data breach exposes info on 1 billion Chinese citizens.
Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, technological measures to protect your privacy, questioning the Supreme Court's legitimacy, the role of social media in political discourse, hackers target pro-life organizations.
Big Tech problems, email is falling out of favor, Elon Musk to get access to raw Twitter data, Bored Ape Yacht Club hacked, listener emails, NY passes electronics right to repair law.
The death of NYC payphones has been greatly exaggerated, LinkNYC kiosks and anonymity, HOPE update, Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas's social media moderation law.
HOPE update, Elan Musk may be getting cold feet, NY Governor Hochul proposing a series of measures to combat domestic terrorism, Congress holds hearing on UAPs, eavesdropping on 6G wireless signals, millions of Teslas vulnerable to hacking, Russian hackers attempted to disrupt Eurovision voting.
It's illegal to demonstrate outside a Supreme Court justice's house, Russian state TV and financial companies hacked, Russian hackers target ventilators in British hospitals, HOPE update, Google Docs bug crashes documents, Elan Musk would reverse Trump's Twitter ban, controversial Texas social media law allowed to take effect by appeals court.
Skype problems, Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion case leaks, data broker was selling location data of people who visit abortion clinics, Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter, US attempting to extradite British citizen over cryptocurrency conference.
Testing positive for COVID, Florida judge overturns CDC travel mask mandate, Brazilian judge fines Apple for not including charger with new phones, listener emails, an update on Virgil Griffith, warnings of an APT threat to the energy sector.
Virgil Griffith sentenced to five years in federal prison and fined $100,000 for speaking at a North Korean cryptocurrency conference.
Skyrocketing rents are driving out smaller independent NYC businesses, Russian Federal Air Transport Agency suffers cyberattack, Russia threatens to fine Wikipedia over misinformation, retro computer museum in Mariupol destroyed in bombing, listener emails, HOPE 2022 updates, roadside message boards hacked, Russian hackers target NATO.
Listener emails, Microsoft and Okta reportedly hacked, Karina Shedrofsky - Head of Research at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project joins the panel to discuss their public database of oligarch assets.
Meta platforms change hate speech policy, Anonymous helping to spread information to Russian citizens, Emma Best from Distributed Denial of Secrets joins the panel to discuss the leak of Russian government censorship data.
Hacking Russian satellites, Anonymous attacks against Russia, Conti ransomware group chat logs leaked, Russia could disconnect itself from the internet, the Ukrainian shortwave interval signal, support for Ukraine comes in many forms, collapse of Russia's secure comms network, BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts to Russia.
The launch of Trump's social media platform Truth Social, 2600 banned from Instagram, emails of 'Adopt a Trucker' campaign founder leaked, banned links and suspended accounts on Twitter, HOPE early submission deadline is approaching, listener emails.
Listening in on Freedom Convoy communications, another GiveSendGo data leak, how misinformation can radicalize people, domain name screw ups, Missouri prosecutor declines to pursue charges in journalist "hacking" case, an update on Jeopardy Jim.
Hijacking common words, donation site for Ottawa "Freedom Convoy" exposed user data, arrest warrant issued for University of Waterloo student in $15 million crypto theft, feds arrest NY couple and seize $3.6 billion in stolen bitcoin, HOPE conference update, hacking a hardware crypto wallet, Russian number station update.
The fight to free PACER, Julian Assange wins right to appeal extradition to US, crypto.com acknowledges hack, Russian numbers station hijacked, Belarus state-owned railway hit with ransomware, Greg Newby joins the panel to discuss the upcoming HOPE conference.
An update on Virgil Griffith's case, some people having trouble ordering free at-home covid tests.
DEFCON accused of fueling Trump's "big lie", what's going on with log4j, Google Docs being abused in phishing attacks, Canon helping customers bypass its toner cartridge DRM due to chip shortage, 2600 meeting updates.
Emmanuel is wearing a medical device, the year in review and predictions for 2022, the economics of the music industry.
WBAI tower fund, log4j is burning down the internet, hacking covid test devices, radioactive anti-5G products, 5G interference to aviation.
WBAI tower fund, an update on the HOPE 2022 venue, the Empire Station Coalition is fighting to save the Hotel Penn, RIP BlackBerry 10 & 3G.
Hotel Penn update, injecting ads into dreams, Google sued for breaching "Don't Be Evil" contract, listener emails, international hacking news.
FBI email system hacked, Hotel Penn update, school district Zoom meeting hacked, the next chapter in the McDonald's ice cream machine saga, an update on the Virgil Griffith case.
Emmanuel and Kyle are back in NY, some of the points of interest they visited over the past few weeks, aerial surveillance footage leaked, 11 year old hacks school internet, Hotel Pennsylvania slated for demolition.
Thoughts on election day, Facebook's new name, facial recognition systems under fire, Facebook's plans to target six year olds, Yahoo pulls out of China, listener emails.