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- 07 / 04 / 18 -
A special Independence Day message, excitement as protests unfold at the Statue of Liberty, the overreaction to this, some European activists may have had their personal information compromised, encouraging property destruction, how neo-Nazi groups seem to escape scrutiny, a new proposed law could change the way copyright is viewed in Europe in a negative way, why Google News is now completely useless, the idea of paying a single fee for online news sources, how Internet traffic is slowed down in Kazakhstan for political reasons, revealing the truth about Gmail messages being read by humans, a new Facebook patent application reveals software that will turn on smartphone microphones when advertisements play on a television, fun with LinkNYC kiosks, the deadline for HOPE preregistration is approaching, progress at WBAI, memories of an old 2600 shirt.
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July 4
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- 07 / 11 / 18 -
It's the week before HOPE, Kyle and Emmanuel probably won't be here next week, online ticket sales have ended, Alex outlines what his talk will be about, looking forward to the streaming provided by Internet Society, trying to outline the highlights, how kids are fascinated by lockpicking, the concert that's planned during HOPE, Barrett Brown joins the conversation, Barrett's early days putting out his own newspaper as a child, how he got into trouble with federal authorities, the aftermath of his arrest and prosecution, what the Stratfor emails revealed, the significance of this leak, how Barrett's records at WePay were subpoenaed, what the Pursuance Project is all about, how levels of trust are established, protection of user info, the response from the hacker community to this project, ways that people can donate and get involved.
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July 11
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- 07 / 18 / 18 -
Rob is alone in the studio with many guests on the eve of the Circle of HOPE conference, Cheshire Catalyst describes his upcoming talk, Mitch Altman talks about his soldering workshop and presentation, Xio discusses the information desk and his upcoming talk, Sidepocket describes what Radio Statler is all about, Tamara and Jessen describe some of the highlights of the concert that's taking place this year at the conference, Nite Owl explains what will be happening with TOOOL this year, Cheshire's site that lets mobile phones access the conference schedule, memories of the first conference in 1994 and the chaos surrounding registration, Nite Owl discusses how the U.S. branch of TOOOL came together at a previous HOPE conference, Mitch's first hacker conference was HOPE Number Six, Tamara discusses how music is created from Game Boys, other unique methods of making music, some of RNA's favorite talks over the years.
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July 18
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- 07 / 25 / 18 -
It's the post-HOPE show, what made this a particularly hard weekend, confronting the issues head on, how the overcrowding issue was solved this year, the intimidation tactics that the conference was confronted with in the form of Trump supporters, how these tactics threw people off, the difficulty in focusing on the actual issues, some of the absurd accusations that were made, why we have to fight better, some apropos words from the intro of the conference program, Alex describes how these conflicts are mirroring what's going on in society, debating whether a MAGA hat is the same as a symbol of hate, the difficulty of judging intentions by actions, how this can be viewed as an attack on the conference, the need to understand the hacker community better, why more support is essential in these situations, provoking a reaction, Mitch Altman offers his perspective on symbols, the delay in ejecting people, Bernie S. joins the discussion, where the conversational format worked for talks, dealing with confrontational questions, the danger of ignoring the things that worked, comparing the Twitter storm to what was actually happening, there were very few official complaints made to the Code of Conduct hotline, an attendee summation, the role of security, taking issue with swastikas, how security is part of the community, how people can submit feedback, the "agent provocateur" effect, creating a safe place for independent thinkers, trying to agree on what crosses the line, opportunities to engage, the failure to outsmart the disruptors, Bernie explains how timing was used to diffuse a potential situation, Kyle's issue with the photo policy, some of the more positive aspects of the conference.
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July 25
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