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- 07 / 03 / 2024 -
Trouble with Alex's audio, the show will be off for the next two weeks, some major changes in the way the country is being ruled, a Supreme Court ruling appears to give a president unbridled power without consequence, how this means Trump will likely walk away from all of the charges against him, what this could mean in a second Trump administration, the chilling words of Justice Sonia Sotomayor in opposition to the ruling, why everyone should be concerned by this regardless of political preference, how the system of federal courts was designed to prevent exactly this scenario, why our outdated system is woefully in need of an update, a movement to keep rap lyrics out of the courtroom, why it's wrong to have to submit song lyrics to a judge for approval, Alex explains how this is a prior restraint on freedom of speech, how this infringement of speech can be sold to the public, the Virginia elections database may have been hacked, the different ways states handle voter databases, how this kind of a story can be used for a political advantage, Paramount has wiped over 20 years of news archives from its sites, how this underlines the need to save things locally, previous instances of priceless material being lost due to corporate cluelessness, how we can't always expect the Internet Archive to save the day, listener mail, the issue of storage on phones, the lack of simple solutions, there are 2600 meetings this week.
Overtime: The HOPE conference is next week, figuring out when the next show is, the conference is turning into something bigger than expected, Gila describes how Queens is the most diverse county in the country, Emmanuel's roots in Queens, Alex gets a fake invoice, there isn't enough time to read all of the letters during the show, a letter from an old Slovenian listener, the cameras Kyle used during the trip to the former Yugoslavia and Albania, Kyle's method of digitizing and archiving, the value in producing printed photo albums out of digital content, memories of the Awkward Family Photos calendar, fireworks get set off, Gila's memory of a disastrous San Diego fireworks show that lasted 15 seconds, Emmanuel's idea for a reality show involving a family fireworks business, how every TV channel seems to turn into the same channel, the laziness in programming, Emmanuel's memory of how TV used to be, some "superstation" facts, what WGN stands for, memories of "Romper Room," some broadcasting trivia, memories of WQXR, Alex's days at TCBY, an embarrassing encounter with a professor at Stony Brook over classical music, Rebel also grew up in Queens, why it's best for the show not to be on in the week prior to HOPE, memories of Wonderama, there was once a hacker documentary on TLC, a discussion over presidents killing American citizens, how Democrats are panicking over Biden, debating over whether or not Biden is senile, wondering why everyone seems to be overlooking Kamala Harris, Alex tries to follow up on a scam, questioning how to effectively combat this sort of thing, Alex gives out the phone number he's been trying, what makes this sort of scam common, an idea for a "scam of the week" feature, Gila alerts people to another scam from the mayor of New York City, the old "Hack of the Week" feature, how to stay updated on HOPE.
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July 3
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Off The Hook Overtime
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- 07 / 24 / 2024 -
The show has not been on in several weeks, virtually every AT&T Wireless customer has had their data compromised, how this was linked to an American citizen in Turkey, assessing when the actual damage took place, the lack of trust in AT&T, there was an assassination attempt on one presidential candidate and another was forced to drop out, how the authorities were able to unlock the perpetrator's phone, what to believe and what not to believe about what they say, an update on the Virgil Griffith case, how Virgil qualified for resentencing, Alex explains how he could be released as soon as August 2nd, an outage involving a cybersecurity company called CrowdStrike has a massive effect throughout the entire world, how Southwest Airlines got through this catastrophe by using Windows 3.1.
Overtime: Overcoming technical issues, recovering from the HOPE XV conference which took place two weekends ago, how the layout of the conference changed this year, claims that this made the conference feel more like a community, Alex's issues connecting, the two main complaints from A New HOPE in 2022 were the lack of food options and the hill near the conference building, both of these issues were solved this year, the arrival of food trucks, the incredible diversity of food in the neighborhood, the youngest person on record passed the ham radio test at HOPE, Rebel's review of HOPE XV, Rebel was in "Hackers Got Talent," Rebel's observations involving 99.5 FM, more talk of Lynx, massive confusion about where Lake Grove is, a report that the new issue of 2600 hasn't made it to stores yet despite being released before HOPE, an update on the Chinese restaurant in Flushing called "Hope To See You Again" which is now called "Long Time No See," how Caller ID for that place reads "Stanley Steam Carpet Cleaning," a mysterious part of Flushing which is bustling after midnight on a Sunday, Kyle chokes on his own words, how the 2600 van broke down right before HOPE but was able to make it in on Saturday, listener suggestions for the next conference, videos will be available in the near future, how to access slides and links from speakers, Emmanuel still hasn't opened the can of boiled peanuts he recently got, Kyle describes the special badges, a caller's outrage with an Ebson printer, where "The Personal Computer Show" can be found, how Gemini won't answer any questions remotely connected to politics, questioning what the purpose of artificial intelligence is if it can be shut down so easily, a listener question about shortwave, how shortwave stations generally work, meeting Tim from Connecticut in the Emerald Pub at HOPE, how it was fairly common for people to walk from the hotels to the campus, Kyle discusses the challenges involved in running the conference, how Gemini was fooled by The Last HOPE, discussing the genders of Bard and Gemini, Gila tries unsuccessfully to ask Gemini who the president of the United States is, Gemini refuses to confirm that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, final words, Alex is muted yet again.
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July 24
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Off The Hook Overtime
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- 07 / 31 / 2024 -
There won't be an "Overtime" this week, scams are in the news, how AT&T was hacked severely weeks ago, the extent of this security breach, why hackers are unfairly blamed, some of the signs of a potential hack according to a cybersecurity consultant, the phrase "out of band" and how nobody seems to say it, Gila gives advice on how to confirm whether a scenario is real or a scam, remembering the days before Caller ID where every phone call was a mystery, the mysterious ic3.gov site, Gila explains what the site means, how the article being cited links to ice.gov instead of ic3.gov, how iccc.gov was already taken, Emmanuel reads from a Ticketmaster data breach notification letter that was sent to him despite his never having used Ticketmaster, Gila notes that there is no suggestion to change the user's password in the letter that she also received, the typical offer for a year of credit monitoring and why that's insufficient, Emmanuel and Gila compare the codes on their letters, the voter registrar in the U.K. was supposedly hacked by China due to default passwords, Britney Spears' house goes up for sale due to a fake listing on real estate sites, how Google sends news stories with the word "hack" in it, a "cheeky hack" involving Starbucks, the anger this generated, comparing small children to dogs, the idea of a Logitech mouse that would last forever with a subscription plan, wondering how any of this would be possible or desirable, why Kyle prefers trackballs, European cookie notices are telling users how many companies will get their user data, how stories about Google's terrible features somehow wind up praising them, the loss of Matthew Finch at WBAI and of Alex's mother.
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July 31
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