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- 02 / 01 / 95 -

A Long Island plumber is accused of using Ultra Call Forwarding illegally, a cat almost replies to a message on the net, NYNEX faces an angry crowd of technology experts and admits that they're behind the times, update on NYNEX ISDN, a full rundown of AT&T's 500 service, spoofing a payphone.

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February 1
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- 02 / 08 / 95 -

Emmanuel suffers an on-air computer crash, NYNEX fouls up All Call Block for some customers, Emmanuel's voice dialing directory gets wiped out, Robert Thomas is sent to prison, a Metrocard scam, Emmanuel has problems getting a working modem cable for a Mac from CompUSA, trains pass through the station, fun with polls, Mr. Radio calls in, 1-800-MY-ANI-IS, "Hackers" is being edited and is now set to come out in September, a call for used phone cards.

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February 8
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- 02 / 15 / 95 -

The very first public mention of Kevin Mitnick's arrest came on this program - the front page story appeared in the next day's New York Times, questions as to what Mitnick actually did, the case of Kevin Poulsen, the Communications Decency Act is introduced, how to dial a senator, the dangers of banning speech from an AOLer, the Jake Baker story (an Ann Arbor college student who wrote a sexually explicit story about another student is put in federal prison) hits the net, the NYNEX foulup of All Call Block is discussed by Daniel Forrest of Forrest Research who discovered the problem, a real NYNEX vehicle comes to the rescue of the 2600 van during a TV shoot.

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- 02 / 22 / 95 -

An anonymous remailer in Finland is shut down by Interpol at the behest of the Church of Scientology, raids taking place around the country focusing on cellular info and money laundering, more on the Jake Baker story, a barrage of media coverage, an upcoming "60 Minutes" piece, the Shimomura connection to the Kevin Mitnick capture. Dave Harrison, a longtime friend of Mitnick's, is the guest. The infamous Netcom credit card file and evidence that it was widely available last year, the connection with The Well, how the New York Times was involved. This was the first real criticism that was aimed at John Markoff's reporting of the story.

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