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- 04 / 06 / 11 -
Emmanuel and Kyle are running late, Obama has caused traffic havoc in Manhattan, a furor in the Netherlands over potential extradition of Wikileaks people, Obama takes off in a helicopter right in front of Emmanuel's speeding car, trying to figure out what each helicopter is used for, an update on the AMD project at the upcoming Chaos Camp in Germany, dozens of companies that managed email addresses through Epsilon have had customer private info compromised, debating the worth of paper statements, Emmanuel's attempt to get the value off of an expired Metrocard, a new rip-off from the MTA makes commuter tickets worthless after two weeks, a net neutrality court decision is open to interpretation, Conde Nast is victimized by a simple email requesting payment, questioning where the crime took place, the ease with which automatic payments can be applied to a bank account, a look at changing disk sizes over the years, what to look forward to in the future, a new show about hackers is on Fox tonight, Rob has issues with Christian Slater, an entire season of a television show is wiped out by a fired employee, a number of government websites are slated to be shut down due to lack of funding, a security breach involving claimants against BP, why a year of free credit monitoring is useless, updates on the Kindle version of 2600, efforts to get the magazine available on the iPad, how to submit artwork to the magazine.
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April 6
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- 04 / 13 / 11 -
A fake press release fools at least one major media outlet, what makes this a typical Yes Men prank, some confusion as to the source, how mass media regurgitates corporate press releases, how newspapers have gotten worse over the years, debate over whether the Internet can replace old-fashioned journalism, a disturbing law concerning file sharing in New Zealand, talk of microfilm and microfiche, a website with old phone recordings, more weird answering machine messages from Kyle's home phone, an example of a really bad cut and paste job on a phone call, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, an example of how difficult it is to get past an automated answering system at Verizon, more on the practice behind expired Metrocards, discussing whether Yes Men tactics are a good thing, a call from an upstate mobile pirate radio station, more information from Stuart in Japan concerning the future of nuclear power there, ways to mess with the MTA, putting $35.75 on a Metrocard will eventually result in a zero balance, planning is underway for HOPE Number Nine, the HOPE Forums are back up.
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April 13
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- 04 / 20 / 11 -
A small turnout this week, the 929 area code has made its debut in New York City, calling the 929 test number, calling a bunch of other strange numbers, some startling news about apps for smart phones that turn microphones on without the user's knowledge, a report reveals that location data is constantly being collected on all iPhones, a device that allows law enforcement to grab information off a suspect's cell phone, theorizing on what could be devised in the future, domain names of poker sites are seized by the U.S. government, a Firefox extension exists that will automatically route around seized sites, more on extra money made by the MTA for unused Metrocards, Aestetix is on the phone to discuss plans for the AMD badge project at the Chaos Communication Camp this summer, what took place with AMD at The Next HOPE, the potential of this project, how people can help this happen at the camp this year, what Kickstarter is all about, the call for papers has gone out for the Chaos Camp, the Ministry of Defense in England reveals classified information by not redacting properly, a surprising penalty for a YouTube joke, Bradley Manning is being transferred to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, how an app on a smart phone could be used to verbally record credit card numbers.
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April 20
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- 04 / 27 / 11 -
Emmanuel meets Daniel Ellsberg at a talk in Stony Brook, some lessons learned from Ellsberg, how Ellsberg doesn't blame Adrian Lamo for turning in Bradley Manning, Obama's misstatement of facts regarding the Manning case, the difference between what Ellsberg did and what Manning allegedly did, the status of laws against leaking, a grand jury subpoena is issued against a Massachusetts resident concerning the Manning case, Emmanuel's potential grand jury duty, what's different about grand juries, how the Valerie Plame incident is a perfect example of information that should have been kept confidential, a profile of a product that can extract information out of a cell phone, an update on the location logs kept by iPhones and Android phones, an accusation from Iran on the Stuxnet worm, examples of a potentially fraudulent letter from a domain registration company, the large number of sex line numbers owned by a single company, Emmanuel's issue with Dotster's auto-renew policy, another look at old phone company recordings, the absurdity of a group called Anonymous claiming credit for things, more information on grand juries, the Sony PlayStation hack, the fund drive begins next week.
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April 27
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