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- 12 / 02 / 15 -

A company called VTech is alleged to have stored all sorts of private information on children, discussing how children should have their privacy protected, where the responsibility lies, how to avoid having chats logged, Nick Merrill joins the conversation to discuss his battle over National Security Letters (NSLs), how the FBI played dirty against Nick, the significance of this case, what might have happened had Nick gone public in defiance of the NSL, figuring out how to use the new phone system, reimagining how the telephone system is built, what Nick's nonprofit is all about, how people can help support The Calyx Institute, the second ticket sale to The Eleventh HOPE is coming up, 2600 meetings are this Friday.

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December 2
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- 12 / 09 / 15 -

This will be a special two-hour fundraising program without a lot of fundraising, there have only been two shows since the last fundraiser, how to get one of Rob's paintings, Emmanuel's credit card nightmare, Chase claims to not keep records beyond 90 days, how Chase failed in identifying a suspicious charge, the continuing fight by authorities to link encryption to terrorism, how this is nothing new, some insane quotes from Donald Trump on the matter, Trump's response to Kyle's reasoning, why Trump needs to be destroyed in the next debate, Hillary Clinton's views on encryption, the need for an Internet song, wondering if any politician has a PGP key, the state of emergency in France and how it affects Internet access, why it's important to let idiots and criminals keep going, the prospect of banning Tor, the issue of recording phone calls with corporations, a caller's concern over the "Muslim problem," Emmanuel's idea on how to get instant gun control in the United States, Jeb Bush's site is pointing to Donald Trump, thoughts on San Bernardino, a caller loses their landline, debating the replacement of old technology, the odds of surviving on a desert island, the Chaos Communication Congress has sold out, a car snitches on a motorist, the danger of having too many rules, the elf on a shelf, a caller wants a phone that uses encryption, remembering John Lennon. This show is two hours and includes limited fundraising.

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December 9
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- 12 / 16 / 15 -

It's the day before the next "Star Wars" film, a bunch of bogus DMCA notices have gone out, "state actors" are hacking Twitter accounts, the issue of Tor, selling IPs to other countries, the issue of surveillance in last night's Republican debate, Donald Trump's Internet, it's yet another fundraising show, a guide to some of Rob's paintings, trying to understand the mentality of people who sue for taking pictures, speculating on possible future copyright issues, the keynote addresses that are being offered tonight, testing the station's phone number to see what happens if the phone isn't answered, an update on the hacking of VTech and how the real issue was completely avoided, trying to track down a mysterious beeping, why hackers don't make great soldiers, listener thoughts on pledge drives. This show includes fundraising.

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December 16
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- 12 / 23 / 15 -

Kyle and Emmanuel are parked outside a McDonald's in Queens after trying unsuccessfully to get to the station in a rain storm, some weird directions from Waze, Kim Dotcom loses his case in New Zealand to fight extradition to the United States, looking at some of the odd details of the case, why Mike doesn't believe anything Kim Dotcom says, a back door in Juniper routers, how Edward Snowden documents helped to shed light on the story, a data glitch allows the Sanders campaign to have access to info from the Clinton campaign, questioning why this data was kept on a shared machine, questioning what rules were broken, an Iranian hacker group supposedly has control over a dam in New York, debating why a dam needs to be on the Internet, potential dangers with upgrading, the issue of bosses who ask for social media passwords from employees.

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December 23
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- 12 / 30 / 15 -

New Year's is on the horizon, some 2600 meetings will be happening on January 1st, a denial of service attack affects 2600 servers, how being attacked can make people stronger, suggestions to move everything to the cloud, the advantages of running your own servers, people who claim to know nothing about technology who know more than they think, the issue of ownership, predictions for hackers and technology in 2016, wondering where the phone calls are, some predictions from listeners, questions about "Internet 2."

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December 30
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