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- 09 / 05 / 07 -

Emmanuel is in Kuala Lumpur where it's 7 am, Phiber Optik is also in Malaysia, both Emmanuel and Phiber are set to give keynotes at the Hack in the Box conference, some confusion as to what day it is, what the food is like in Malaysia, perceptions of the people, Phiber's experience with the language, the recent 50th anniversary of the country, the Malaysian flag, some of the modern aspects of the city, Phiber's theory on Malaysian Red Bull, Jim discusses the new torture devices being developed by the military, the latest on an iPhone lawsuit, more product comparisons, some of the chains spotted, what the Hack in the Box conference is like, the effects of very long flights, a taxi strike in New York and Philadelphia, more on the advantages and disadvantages of GPS technology in cabs, what the congestion pricing system is like in Singapore, Mike discovers a whole lot of new cameras at his subway stop, Redbird discusses a controversy involving source code for a breathalyzer test, ideas on how to influence the zero values, the latest involving Google and its plans for mass transit, Emmanuel's connection is lost and regained through a Malaysian SIM, MI5's interest in George Orwell, German security services are emailing trojans to "really bad criminals," the influence of the CCC, Emmanuel is back using VoIP, the Chinese are alleged to have hacked into the Pentagon, "Internet wrecking," the "time of day" is being disconnected in California, anime cops will be showing up on computer screens in China, phone trouble in New York, the segregated system in Emmanuel's hotel, how refilling a Malaysian SIM works, how to get more information on Hack in the Box, there are 2600 meetings this Friday.

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- 09 / 12 / 07 -

Emmanuel recollects the anti-terrorism presentations in the Singapore subway system, comparisons to London, the shopping island off the coast of Singapore, Mike has info on an "action figure protest" that took place in Singapore, a pack of chewing gum that actually came from Singapore, more on the phone deals from Singapore and Malaysia, a bill in California to ban employers from implanting devices under employees' skin, debating whether such devices can cause cancer, a new law involving cellular phone use in England while driving, vehicular homicide, the Justice Department goes on the record as opposing net neutrality, defining "Internet regulation," Jim's highway analogy, the potential dangers in this, how sites critical of phone companies could be the first victims, Al Qaeda's media production house seems to have a presence in Dallas, questioning whether sahab.com is actually related and what this could mean, a parallel to a previous case, the honeypot theory, Emmanuel will be in Austria next week, criticism of the show's stance on security, a listener claims to have implanted chips in her, a Greek phone tapping scandal, information from Rebel on free phone calls from payphones, the future of chips.

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- 09 / 19 / 07 -

Emmanuel is in Vienna where it's 1 am, the Paraflows conference has been taking place, the major differences in the mass transit systems, remembering Bernie's run-in with a mass transit system in New Jersey, the missing U5 subway line in Vienna, wondering why the subway timers in New York City can't ever seem to work properly, Emmanuel will be visiting Italy and San Marino in the next week, Redbird's impressions of Liechtenstein, there is a hacker gathering in Pisa next week, the NSA claims not to have used warrantless wiretaps, more phone problems, how people don't seem to care anymore, Jim discusses a gathering in Brooklyn that shared a lot of features with the HOPE conferences, Bernie talks about the victory in Philadelphia concerning public access cable channels, the importance of being persistent in making things like this happen, how a small group can make a difference, Johannes from the Monochrom Collective discusses the hacker culture in Vienna, the 500,000 euro grant that was given for this type of thing, how the funding came about, what the MetaLab is, still more phone problems, a battle between IBM and Microsoft, Mike gets a letter from Layered Technologies that implies his privacy may have been violated, some of the talks and projects that have been presented at Paraflows, events are taking place in an anti-aircraft tower, the Austrian phone booth that was brought to the Chaos Communications Camp, what the potato gun was used for, a concert by the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra will be held tomorrow.

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- 09 / 26 / 07 -

Contacting Emmanuel on a cell phone in the streets of Rome, the challenges involved in making contact tonight, no Italian hackers have come forward yet, the upcoming hacker gathering in Pisa, how San Marino resembles the village from "The Prisoner," the security procedure in Vatican City, how the hacker scene is different in Italy, the philosophical approach of the Austrians, the vast differences between how hackers are treated in the States and in other parts of the world, the large amount of traveling that Emmanuel has been doing, Canadian versions of Google Street View will supposedly have faces and license plates blurred out, a drop-off in listener feedback, Bernie's recent breach of privacy, Emmanuel loses some of his stories in the wind, potential problems for people who altered their iPhones, how iPhone upgrades may be performed, counting the passing Smart cars in Rome, the case of an MIT student who was arrested at Logan Airport for supposedly carrying a fake bomb, how the story changed in the media, Redbird reads the MIT petition in support of the student, Emmanuel's take on who is to blame, analyzing the way law enforcement dealt with the situation, analyzing the writing style of the MIT newspaper, a report of Homeland Security computers being hacked by the Chinese, a company called Media Defender is accused of violating privacy by peer to peer sites, the MTA plans on wiring all of the New York City subway stations for cellular phone use, the state of payphones in Rome, a strange Italian recording, theorizing on how the MTA system might work, a promise to take phone calls next week.

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September 26
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