Off The Hook
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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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Nov 29, 2023
Off The Hook - Nov 29, 2023
Sports Illustrated accused of publishing AI generated articles, Marc Alessi from the Tesla Science Center joins the panel to discuss the fire that damaged the building last week, listener mail, NYPD to begin encrypting radio communications.
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Nov 22, 2023
Off The Hook - Nov 22, 2023
The Tesla Science Center was damaged by fire, Ron and Mary Knappin from Phoneco join the panel to discuss their vintage phone collection.
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Nov 15, 2023
Off The Hook - Nov 15, 2023
A new member joins the panel, YouTube's adblocker crackdown has backfired, YouTube's terrible ad options, vintage phone reseller going out of business, the ten most hacked passwords in Louisiana, class action lawsuit against car manufacturers dismissed.
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Nov 1, 2023
Off The Hook - Nov 01, 2023
The fragmentation of social media, poisoning AI data with Nightshade, Meta's AI data deletion process is a "fake PR stunt", more uses for AI generated voices.
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Oct 25, 2023
Off The Hook - Oct 25, 2023
Mastodon politics, OMNY website responds to privacy concerns, listener emails, vaguely threatening political mailers, Welton Chang from Human Rights First & Pyrra joins the panel to discuss mis- and dis-information in the Israel-Hamas war.
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Oct 18, 2023
Off The Hook - Oct 18, 2023
Emmanuel and Kyle were recently vaccinated, causing problems on Mastodon, experimenting with Bluesky, NYC Mayor Eric Adams uses AI for robocalls in other languages, listener email.
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Oct 4, 2023
Off The Hook - Oct 04, 2023
The nationwide emergency alert test happened today, Elijah Horland, Scott Schubert and Becky Button join the panel to discuss the return of Maker Faire.
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Sep 27, 2023
Off The Hook - Sep 27, 2023
A nationwide emergency alert test will happen next week, Target to close nine stores due to theft, Gmail to remove basic HTML version, NY to ban facial recognition technology in schools, personal health data of Canadian children compromised in mass hack, ransomware group claims to have hacked all of Sony's systems.
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Sep 20, 2023
Off The Hook - Sep 20, 2023
The problem with Gmail's spam filters, Google ruined YouTube, the problem with Twitter, the problem with Mastodon, high profile Twitter accounts hacked, International Criminal Court hacked after vowing to prosecute cyber crime, remembering KRT_.
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Sep 6, 2023
Off The Hook - Sep 06, 2023
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.
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