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- 03 / 05 / 2025 -
Skype has been replaced with Signal on the show, Jason Scott is the guest, a number of federal websites have disappeared in the past few weeks, how quickly data can disappear from the Internet, how the Internet Archive has been able to preserve so much history, Jason describes how billions of URLs are grabbed each month by the Internet Archive, how others can capture websites before they disappear, how to monitor live crawls of what's being currently grabbed, how the Internet Archive finds sites all over the world, Alex describes some new developments regarding a site called creators.gov, a Bluesky bot that keeps track of changes to federal domains, results of a past Internet census, Jason describes his favorite types of websites, the challenges of archiving government websites, what Jason is grateful for, how people can get involved in the Internet Archive, there will be 2600 meetings this Friday, how to support WBAI, a dedication to a congressman named Al Green.
Overtime: Gila recollects the first time she met Jason, the types of material that the Internet Archive won't accept, the types of collections that the Internet Archive is looking for, digitizing North Korean television, some fun facts from North Korean culture, the issue of having old games being made available via the Internet Archive, talk of online gambling and bug bounties, how Jason reacted to an Internet scam, the texfil.es domain, the amount of Usenet posts that are on archive.org, Jason's reactions to certain legal threats, the availability of zines, Emmanuel figures out something cool about the word "zine," Jason speaks of the various challenges Emmanuel has faced over the years, Jason's experience cleaning out Don Joyce's apartment, facts about Negativland, memories of the "Over the Edge" radio show on KPFA, Emmanuel instructs Rebel on how to address Jason, how 2600 web data has been rescued several times through an Internet Archive backup, what archives.gov is, the power of the national archivist, a live report from the archivebot.com site, archiving .mil sites, services for the blind, memories of rotten.com, Emmanuel's history in print and broadcasting, Kyle's experience meeting the cofounder of 2600, the initial deadline for speaker submissions will be March 17, more speaker submissions will be accepted after this date, why having HOPE every year will be beneficial, trying to communicate with a nonverbal caller, some technical advice for a listener, an unusual event that occurred during Jason's talk at HOPE XV, a large number of attendees from Qatar, Jason's feelings about the HOPE conference, more info on how to get in touch with Jason, a record-setting show.
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March 5
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Off The Hook Overtime
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- 03 / 12 / 2025 -
The sound quality is apparently better with Signal based on feedback from last week's show, a prominent pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University is arrested, students are warned to avoid getting involved with issues involving Palestinian or Ukrainian matters, a warning to avoid these subjects on social media pages, "nobody can protect you," how crimes are being conflated with opinions, Alex is in Seattle, how there are now ICE agents waiting at airports, how many people are now in hiding, the way individuals are being affected in their everyday lives, the chilling effect being felt, the challenge to our rights that's ahead, 2600 has a run-in with Twitter after tweeting out a list of DOGE employees and email addresses, how DOGE appears to be accountable to no one, the logic behind publishing the list, what the eop.gov site is, how those claiming to be on the side of free speech quickly change their tune when they disagree with the speech, studying the difference between Twitter and TikTok, a Mastodon backlash to 2600 for continuing to use Twitter, some of the ignorant comments being spread on Mastodon, overuse of the Nazi accusation, how this kind of attitude is nonexistent on Bluesky, how the attitude on Mastodon avoids actual discussion, debating whether Mastodon has solved the problem of Twitter, why intimidating people is always wrong, the difference between Twitter and sites like Parler and Gab, people known as "scolds" on Mastodon, an argument against deleting accounts, next week will be a call-in show.
Overtime: Clarifying the Mastodon critique, the importance of not judging someone by their platform, analyzing what percentage of Twitter followers make it over to new platforms, how Twitter is useful for complaining to various corporations, pinpointing when Twitter's death spiral occurred, the difficulty of finding people whose platform you don't know, how to pronounce Delchi's name, Alex disappears, differentiating between gondolas and trams, why it's important to reveal information about DOGE, the early deadline for HOPE speakers is next Monday, a lot of good talks have already come in, memories of CU-SeeMe, Twitter was apparently the target of a DDoS attack, Elon Musk accuses Ukraine of being behind the attack, dissecting these flimsy accusations, the difficulty of getting a busy signal, what a reorder is, a call from Delchi, a unique method of conveying an emergency message, how people don't know phone numbers anymore, what HDA is about and how they're making things more accessible for hackers with disabilities, Delchi describes his "Rolling Thunder" wheelchair that can do wardriving, there won't be an "Overtime" next week, reiterating the promise not to cave in to or practice bullying.
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March 12
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- 03 / 19 / 2025 -
This is a call-in edition of the program, there will be no "Overtime" this week, a change in the way Amazon deals with voice recordings on personal assistants, how Amazon's claims that the data will be secured in transit means absolutely nothing, a former NASA engineer emulates Wile E. Coyote by painting a road on a billboard to fool a self-driving Tesla, how to see the video of this and other experiments, every Tesla owner in the United States has their private information compromised, the intelligent way to deal with people who own Teslas, defining acts of terrorism, why it's wrong to target individual consumers, the realities of taking phone calls on the existing system, a flurry of right-wing calls, Emmanuel's views on the dangers of electric cars, the tendency for people on the show to use manual transmissions and diesel engines, attempts by customers to break Tesla solar contracts, a call from a fireman who has dealt with electric car fires, the idea of investing in science, memories of busy signals, a listener plea for more uplifting stories, how people get more done when they're happy, Alex previews the upcoming release of Virgil Griffith, recommending the "Daily Dose of Internet" feature, wondering how insurance works with self-driving cars, Kyle tracks down info on how this would play out, a Canadian anthem.
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March 19
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- 03 / 26 / 2025 -
A major snafu involving Signal, the editor of The Atlantic was added to a confidential call as the United States was coordinating a bombing raid of Yemen, how the story was reported by Jeffrey Goldberg, coming to terms with the fact that high school kids have better security than the high ranking officials on this Signal call, how Signal encrypts group conversations like this one, how that didn't help in a situation like this, Alex claims a mobile device is more secure than a laptop or desktop, theorizing on how Goldberg was added to this chat, how hackers have used handles for many years, Alex explains the need for an investigation, Gila explains why nobody should be surprised by these developments, indications that Signal is being installed by default for people in the government, disputing government claims that this info isn't classified, Alex is freezing, wondering why Pete Hegseth is so hostile towards Jeffrey Goldberg, discovering a possible reason why, questions as to whether one of the people on the call was in Moscow at the time, Alex freezes yet again, how it's really easy to not be aware of who else is on a Signal chat, going through the participants in this chat, how this will affect the willingness of allies to share sensitive information with the United States, how people may become aware of Yemen through this screwup, the reaction of the administration to these revelations is telling, Alex continues to freeze.
Overtime: The need for resignations after the Signal debacle, some praise for the National Review, memories of "Romper Room" being discussed recently on this very program, how Rob and Gila had the same "Romper Room" growing up in different parts of the country, Alex tries to recollect what he was saying on the show before he froze, connectivity problems continue, the idea of simply using a telephone, invoking "Dark" and "Severance," Emmanuel's issue with company names that are impossible to search for, a warning to a caller about a shady sounding business, the extent of Kyle's interactions concerning Venmo, memories of CKLW and "Mr. Dressup," a call from the creator of the gay furry hacker song, the many sample opportunities that the program presents, more on text-based browsers, more on w3m, wondering where Alex went, another argument for telephones, how Der Spiegel was able to get personal info on Pete Hegseth fairly easily, high praise for Jason Scott's recent appearance on the show, Alex discovers another .gov site, what trumpcard.gov might be all about, a question about last week's phone calls on WBAI, remembering the huge amount of people who died from COVID while Trump was in power, why burning Teslas are only the beginning if people are kept from expressing themselves, how vandalism is not violence, the need for people to rally against the injustice like many others throughout the world are doing, Mike Johnson threatens the judiciary if they keep ruling against Trump, addressing the fact that people are being rounded up if they attended a demonstration, the threat of people who were born here being sent to a prison in a foreign country, how this could play out, Rebel is the last call for the first time in memory, recovering from hernia surgery, places Rebel wants to travel to, thoughts of Switzerland, Emmanuel remembers having Geraldo Rivera's video camera stolen in Bern, Emmanuel recommends train trips, more talk on health, advances in health technology and potential risks, final words from everyone, "we're clean on OPSEC."
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March 26
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