Off The Hook
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Off The Hook, the podcast discusses the hacker's view of the emerging technology, and the threats posed by an increasingly Orwellian society. Hear updates on security flaws from the hacker perspective, as well as the latest news from within the hacker community.
Off The Hook
2M ago
Health maladies plague the panel, HOPE email issues, Signal gripes, examining Gmail's spam folder, Taylor Swift threatens to sue owner of jet tracking accounts, listener mail ..read more
Off The Hook
4M ago
Emmanuel got an OMNY card, announcing HOPE XV, the Hotel Pennsylvania is no more, Google is making changes to extensions in Chrome, abusing ChatGPT, 23andMe changes terms of service to protect the company from lawsuits, Scottish official vindicated after confirmation of Russian hack, balloon enthusiast website hacked ..read more
Off The Hook
7M ago
The nationwide emergency alert test happened today, Elijah Horland, Scott Schubert and Becky Button join the panel to discuss the return of Maker Faire ..read more
Off The Hook
8M ago
WBAI's origins, why radio is better than podcasts, examples of some of the programming on WBAI, notable events in WBAI's history, WBAI has survived multiple takeover attempts, reaction to an April Fools prank, how Off The Hook archives can inspire others, how everyone on the panel found their way to WBAI, WBAI has survived multiple disasters ..read more
Off The Hook
9M ago
MTA to experiment with artificial intelligence, Twitter sues Center for Countering Digital Hate over lost advertising, Mastodon server compromised when admin's home was raided by FBI on unrelated charges, NYPD testing new radio encryption system ..read more
Off The Hook
10M ago
Alex is back in the country, Emmanuel and Kyle are on assignment, The_Gibson joins the panel to discuss the fediverse, Twitter restricts access to logged in users only, how the fediverse differs from Twitter, Threads might disrupt the fediverse, Google might scrape everything you post online to train it's AI, a preview of a privacy project by The_Gibson and Cult of the Dead Cow ..read more
Off The Hook
1y ago
2600 is 40 years old, Missouri trans snitch form taken offline, Pornhub blocks users in Utah, MTA will no longer post on Twitter, Indiana zoo website hacked, Google replacing passwords with passkeys ..read more
Off The Hook
1y ago
Cory Doctorow joins the panel to discuss his new book "Red Team Blues", the Amazon/Audible monopoly, Amazon's ad practices, an excerpt from "Red Team Blues", a preview of the next two books in the series, advice for new writers ..read more
Off The Hook
1y ago
Alex is in London, testing the new studio setup, car manufacturers are phasing out AM radios, Volkswagen charges police to track stolen vehicle, some cars will be able to repossess themselves, Elon Musk says ChatGPT is too woke, Russia fines Wikipedia for misinformation, listener email ..read more