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Off The Hook a podcast from 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. It 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. Follow us on Twitter @HackerRadioShow and Mastodon @OffTheHook@hackers.town

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New York, NY

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Off The Hook a podcast from 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. It 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. Follow us on Twitter @HackerRadioShow and Mastodon @OffTheHook@hackers.town

Language:

English


Episodes
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Off The Hook - Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:00:00 EST

4/2/2025
No Overtime tonight, more MSG facial recognition craziness, law firms make deal with Trump, Twitter user records leaked, openSNP is shutting down, worst quarter ever for crypto industry hacks.

Duration:00:53:52

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Off The Hook - Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:00:00 EST

3/26/2025
Alex is in London, discussing the bombshell news that senior government officials were discussing classified war plans in a Signal chat group that inadvertently included a journalist.

Duration:00:54:17

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Off The Hook - Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:00:00 EST

3/19/2025
Call in show, are corporations turning evil, Looney Tunes test for self driving cars, Tesla hacked and owners doxed, listener phone calls, Virgil Griffith will be released from prison in 21 days.

Duration:00:54:07

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Off The Hook - Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:00:00 EST

3/12/2025
A warning to college students, 2600's Twitter account locked, comparing the viewpoints on different social media platforms.

Duration:00:54:32

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Off The Hook - Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:00:00 EST

3/5/2025
Skype is cancelled, Jason Scott joins the panel to discuss the mission of the Internet Archive and the effort to archive government data before it disappears from the Internet.

Duration:00:54:15

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Off The Hook - Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:00:00 EST

2/19/2025
A hacker's view of the Super Bowl, Trump wants to kill NYC's congestion pricing, a crisis, DOGE website hacked, listener email.

Duration:00:55:24

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Off The Hook - Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:00:00 EST

2/12/2025

Duration:00:53:48

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Off The Hook - Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:00:00 EST

2/5/2025
Parallels between Belarus and the US, new .gov domain registrations, outing the conspirators, Musk employees now control US government computers, listener email.

Duration:00:55:20

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Off The Hook - Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:00:00 EST

1/22/2025
Alex is in London, listener email, hacking and politics, Elon's Nazi salute, Facebook and Instagram weirdness, the need for fact checking, Cyber Security Review Board members fired, TLAs and FLAs.

Duration:00:55:22

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Off The Hook - Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:00:00 EST

1/15/2025
Alex is in London, Gila joined Bluesky, big tech is ingratiating itself to the new administration, congestion pricing has gone into effect in NYC, listener phone calls, judge ends bid to dig up landfill.

Duration:00:54:11

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Off The Hook - Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:00:00 EST

1/8/2025
Interesting phone announcements, important Hulu news, today is WBAI's 65th anniversary, Facebook is ending its fact checking program, AI was used to plan Tesla cybertruck explosion, financially motivated hacking crimes.

Duration:00:55:07

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Off The Hook - Wed, 01 Jan 2025 19:00:00 EST

1/1/2025

Duration:00:53:59

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Off The Hook - Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:00 EST

12/25/2024
Christmas and Hanukkah are on the same day this year, OTH will be on the air on WBAI's 65th anniversary, listener mail, more drone news, Indiana bakery using Commodore 64s as cash registers, Arizona schools using AI to teach children, issues with robotic news, Vivek Ramaswamy's Twitter account hacked, popular doorbell cams easy to hack.

Duration:00:54:44

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Off The Hook - Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:00:00 EST

12/18/2024
Ham humor, more drone news, listener phone calls.

Duration:00:55:16

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Off The Hook - Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:00:00 EST

12/11/2024
Mysterious drone sightings, Google unveils new quantum processor, questions surrounding Trump's pick to head the FBI, listener email.

Duration:00:50:59

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Off The Hook - Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:00:00 EST

12/4/2024
An assassination in NYC, Trump pick to head FBI successfully hacked by foreign spies, Chinese state hackers infiltrated telecoms in dozens of countries, preserving area code 207, Stephen King's radio stations going off the air.

Duration:00:55:32

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Off The Hook - Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:00:00 EST

11/27/2024
Fighting scammers with AI, FedEx customer service replaced by AI, Trump bypassing background checks for political appointees, checking URLs, data breach from Andrew Tate's online university.

Duration:00:55:17

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Off The Hook - Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:00:00 EST

11/20/2024
Alex is back from Bangkok, six words that lead to getting hacked, Google has a culture of concealment, Matt Gaetz misconduct report accessed by unknown individual, people are fleeing Twitter for Bluesky.

Duration:00:55:12

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Off The Hook - Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:00:00 EST

11/13/2024
Alex is still in Bangkok, a rough road ahead, mother forced to install tracking software on son's phone, Twitter changes terms of service to allow training AI, menstrual health tracking app pledges never to share info with authorities.

Duration:00:55:52

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Off The Hook - Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:00:00 EST

11/6/2024
Alex is in Bangkok, comments on the presidential election and what's to come.

Duration:00:58:12