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- 09 / 01 / 10 -
A high tech heat ray is introduced in Los Angeles, how the authorities are describing this device, Bernie discusses some of the history of the heat ray, possible methods of fighting back, a recent case involving police wanting to place GPS devices on cars without a warrant, a push for more video surveillance on New York City subway cars, how the mood regarding security has changed even at the radio station, current laws that prosecute people for recording audio without permission, more on the new voting machines coming to New York, excerpts from a video for Suffolk County, debating the merits of the new system, the lack of privacy in the new system, the many ways in which votes won't count, Bernie describes the system used in Philadelphia, problems with the old mechanical machines, the number of times software improvements have been a step backwards, Emmanuel's ideal voting system, how voting works in Bulgaria.
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September 1
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- 09 / 08 / 10 -
Extra time for a program promo, word of a "Hack is Wack" contest involving Snoop Dog and Norton that is designed to battle cybercrime, defining cybercrime, paralleling other crimes that Snoop may have committed, some of the rules of the contest, an excerpt from a Snoop video regarding the contest, why suspicion of hackers is a bad thing for everyone, a crackdown on an online file sharing network, Voltaire defends the practice of downloading DVDs before they're released, the future of big films, how alternative artists can survive, some feedback to last week's discussion on new voting systems, why it's important to make things break, the way people vote in Australia, an accusation against anti-virus companies, accusations against Julian Assange, a listener tries to register the Pirate Party in New Jersey, the issue of disenfranchisement.
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September 8
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- 09 / 15 / 10 -
A skeleton crew tonight, Emmanuel feels vindicated in his suspicion over the new voting machines after what happened yesterday, what's unfair about the current system, advantages of the old system, how the current crisis could have been avoided, an Arco commercial uses EAS tones that trigger some automated systems, a demonstration over the air, updates on the "Hack is Wack" contest, there has yet to be a single submission, the first ever Maker Faire is coming to New York, Sherry Huss explains what is going to be happening at the site of the old World's Fair, there are hundreds of maker entries, the connection with the Hall of Science, how the site was selected, plans for chariot races, a number of other highlights, how the maker movement has flourished.
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September 15
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- 09 / 22 / 10 -
Tiffany Rad and Rick Moy are in the studio, a demonstration of Tesla coil music, a discovery involving blacklisting through Google Instant, why this is not censorship, how it demonstrates the way filtering can influence people, trying to get it working on the WBAI computer, T-Mobile is accused of blocking certain types of text messages, Google reports on the declining freedom of the Internet throughout the world, potential insults in certain cultures, eBay has a category for spells and incantations, Shaq O'Neal is accused of computer hacking, how one person reacted to a surveillance camera pointed at his house, a large number of cameras have recently come online in New York City, a pornographic image on a PowerPoint presentation leads to a potential 48 year prison sentence, a voice mail scandal in England, Tiffany and Rick describe their idea for an app store for exploits, the advantage of getting exploits out to potential victims, how visiting a website can be dangerous, what malvertising is, the Google web history, the Maker Faire in Queens is happening this weekend.
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September 22
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- 09 / 29 / 10 -
What this weekend's Maker Faire in Queens was like, a rocket-powered carousel, the connection between the maker world and the hacker world, some of the other sights, what ArcAttack is, Emmanuel is put inside a Faraday cage, what the risks were, the importance of having so many kids in attendance, Bernie's car broke down on the way up to the Maker Faire, what the surrounding neighborhood by the old World's Fair display is like, the cross-pollination between communities, the large number of WBAI listeners who turned up, an update on the Google Blacklist project, some of the blanked out phrases, why this is interesting, the show is preempted for the next two weeks, federal attempts to dramatically increase wiretapping capabilities, a discussion of the potential threats, the possibility of mandatory surveillance features, how the Chinese took advantage of such a system inside Google, the idea of giving up passphrases at border crossings without a search warrant, Redhackt discusses RSA encryption, this is the last week of songs about computers.
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September 29
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