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- 08 / 02 / 06 -
Coming up with a proper name for Kevin, the silliness of the heat index, dealing with the intense heat in New York, Walter's power was out for more than a week as a result of the last heat wave, seeing how the infrastructure begins to crumble in such conditions, ways the city is conserving power, a misadventure involving TV B Gone, some suggestions on other ways to creatively conserve, federal prosecutors are now allowed to peruse the phone records of journalists, how people are misled into believing that their identities are protected when calling toll-free numbers, the British come up with an alert system similar to that of Homeland Security, a Philadelphia man is arrested for using his cell phone camera to take a picture of police activity in his neighborhood, confusion as to what the laws actually say, Jim brings up a story involving the recording of a bus matron by a child, students face imprisonment for a computer prank, PBS is set to challenge FCC decency regulations in a year, Bernie describes how refunds for illegally obtained telephone taxes can be obtained, another Diebold scandal, the low tech solution, users of older cell phones face an extra charge, a computer generated prank call, more details emerge on the Steve Rambam case.
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August 2
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- 08 / 09 / 06 -
The strange phone number mystery is revealed to be an experiment put on by Los Angeles 2600 meeting attendees, how the fake number made by Mike almost derailed the entire project, trying to explain how the cipher worked, Emmanuel's desire to hear the original recordings of the numbers, a secret message in the initials of the cities involved, how to hear real spy stations, cell phones are banned inside a bank, alternative ways to deal with the concerns brought up in this case, Google reaches an agreement to become the exclusive search provider for MySpace, guessing what the most popular website is, Hezbollah is said to have hijacked the Internet, Al Manar television is reported to be banned in the United States, Redhackt comes up with the idea of a counterterrorism firewall, AOL apologizes for a massive privacy breach, Redbird and Bernie read some selected search terms from the affected AOL users, fantasy baseball leagues win a case which allows them to use published names and playing records, the New Hampshire man arrested by police for recording them on his property is vindicated, some HOPE feedback, the RFID blocking wallet vendor at the conference, looking up website rankings on alexa.com, remembering ways of ringing back phones, a caller has memories of some really old numbers.
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August 9
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- 08 / 16 / 06 -
A new name for Kevin, Bernie is using an analog phone, the advantages of wired phones, a breaking story about airline security, Emmanuel questions why airplanes are subjected to so much more scrutiny, cases of people being suspected of terrorism for purchasing a large number of cell phones, how many cell phones it takes to blow up a bridge, AT&T appears to recognize Palestine, how to watch banned television network Al Manar, the condition level for the United States went to red under certain circumstances last week, special guests Vidiot and Skroo explain what was behind the strange phone numbers that intrigued so many people over the past few months, the original intent, explaining what a one time pad is all about, some of the frustrations encountered along the way, a revelation of how the voices on the recordings were obtained, the Wil Wheaton connection, how the imitation phone number was identified as a fake, an update on Yahoo's presence in China, Redbird gives an update on the rescheduling of the Steve Rambam talk, a question about the disbursement of funds collected from Internet domain registration, the importance of following stories after they're initially reported, another airline security breach.
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August 16
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- 08 / 23 / 06 -
A ruling against the NSA, questioning who Number Two was at the conference, wondering how many other secret programs are out there, today's security scare in the Netherlands involving cell phones on a plane, other recent incidents, suspicious liquids on a subway train, Bernie reports on other possible banned substances, Walter reports on possible bomb squad activity on Broadway, smart chip imbedded passports are now being issued in the United States, Redbird questions the logic of RFID technology in passports, a New York community now has the technology to scan license plates at the rate of 10,000 a minute, Jim suggests a way around this system, an Australian system monitors residents' trash output, a case of tombstone tapping in the JonBenet Ramsey case, the latest sleazy move from Verizon, land lines in New England are up for sale by Verizon, more advertising on cell phones, reports that email to T-Mobile phones gets blocked if cuss words are included, an in flight Internet service that cost a fortune to develop is set to be discontinued, Notkevin discusses the differences between Caller ID and ANI, methods of spoofing, audio from all of the HOPE talks is now online, videos will be available very soon, manipulating the Alexa ranking of websites, more ways of avoiding having your phone number logged, how Z-Tel used to pass along phone numbers even when blocked by the caller, what to do with a found cell phone, a musical piece that contains recordings of numbers stations.
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August 23
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- 08 / 30 / 06 -
A Staten Island man is arrested for providing access to Al Manar, questioning how this could be considered a crime, plans for ways of getting Al Manar out to the listeners, the scary precedent this case could set, hackers are accused of stealing customer information on AT&T, a case of botnet attacks, symptoms of malware infection, debating how much companies actually lost due to a case of software piracy, a bizarre case of overreaction on an airplane, good messages to wear on shirts while on airplanes, an unfair Verizon charge is dropped, how cell phones should be treated in schools, a strange picture from Lazlow, what's wrong with New York's parking machines, some of the new and potential surveillance technology affecting automobiles, supposed cases of phone companies not delivering text messages that have obscenities, Bernie is chastised for referring to Britain's Sun newspaper as "highly reputable," a weird web page that seems to be used for spam, excerpts from the page, other examples of spam, how the high fidelity posting of HOPE audio caused the website to overload, Redbird steals Notkevin's line, Verizon issues a proclamation about passwords and hackers, how to watch Al Manar on the net.
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August 30
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