Off The Hook
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★ - 111 ratingsOff 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 @[email protected]
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Episodes
Off The Hook - Apr 03, 2024
April 04, 2024 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBAI Joe Biden endorses the HOPE conference, Emmanuel and Kyle are on assignment, Oregon governor signs nation's first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing, jails banned visits in “quid pro quo” with prison phone companies, Emma Best from DDoSecrets joins the panel to discuss new data related to WikiLeaks, outro: "Press the Yellow Key" by Todd Mazierski.
Off The Hook - Mar 20, 2024
March 21, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBAlex is in a cab in London, Justice Department considering whether to allow Julian Assange to plead guilty to reduced charges, YouTube adds new policies for AI generated content, Apple may use Google AI in iPhones.
Off The Hook - Mar 13, 2024
March 14, 2024 00:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBAlex is in London, House passes bill to ban TikTok, Elon Musk cancels talk show over interview, listener mail, menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy.
Off The Hook - Mar 06, 2024
March 07, 2024 00:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBUniversity vending machines discovered to have facial recognition technology, Epic Games hackers admit they made it all up, man hacked government auction site to buy cars for one dollar, Florida official's husband arrested for Fox News hack, OpenAI accused The New York Times of hacking ChatGPT.
Off The Hook - Feb 21, 2024
February 22, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBCooper Quintin & David Greene from EFF join the panel to discuss how an Indian cyber espionage company used Indian courts to virtually wipe a series of negative news stories about them from the internet.
Off The Hook - Feb 14, 2024
February 15, 2024 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBIt's a double holiday, panelists are recovering from various maladies, driverless car attacked in San Francisco, Canada wants to ban Flipper Zero, burglars in Minnesota using WiFi jammers to disrupt security systems, queer.af Mastodon instance disappeared because of the Taliban.
Off The Hook - Feb 07, 2024
February 08, 2024 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBHealth 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.
Off The Hook - Jan 24, 2024
January 25, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBShort and pertinent poetry, MTA's new subway gates are easily defeated, MTA exploring biometric locks for subway conductor cabs, why train conductors point, listener mail, the vagaries of cryptocurrency.
Off The Hook - Jan 17, 2024
January 18, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBHOPE XV Call for Participation is now open, DeCSS judge involved in Trump case, OpenAI quietly removes restrictions on military applications from terms of service, SEC Twitter account compromised, Micah Lee joins the panel to discuss his new book "Hacks, Leaks and Revelations".
Off The Hook - Jan 10, 2024
January 11, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBHOPE XV ticket sales off to a slow start, the fragmentation of communications platforms, St. John's University accomodations, 2600 is bad at PR, keeping HOPE accessible to everyone, societal changes, Google Bard outlines reasons to attend HOPE, an update on Alex's injury, scammers target ransomware victims.
Off The Hook - Dec 27, 2023
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBAlex is injured, GTA hacker sentenced to life in a hospital prison, exploring the use of smart speakers to detect domestic violence, listener emails and musical compositions, HOPE XV will be in July and CCC is happening now, remembering Ralph Poynter.
Off The Hook - Dec 13, 2023
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBEmmanuel 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.
Off The Hook - Nov 29, 2023
November 30, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBSports Illustrated accused of publishing AI generated articles, Marc Alessi from the Tesla Science Center joins the panel to discuss the fire that damaged the building last week, listener mail, NYPD to begin encrypting radio communications.
Off The Hook - Nov 22, 2023
November 23, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBThe Tesla Science Center was damaged by fire, Ron and Mary Knappin from Phoneco join the panel to discuss their vintage phone collection.
Off The Hook - Aug 31, 2022
September 01, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBAlex is in another part of the world, (im)patience around the world, keeping the wild boars out, an upgrade to stereo, former Twitter security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko accuses company of cybersecurity negligence, listener email.
Off The Hook - Aug 10, 2022
August 11, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBAlex is on a plane, HOPE videos are online, don't say bad things about Apple, Alex was on the front page of the New York Times, fighting with YouTube's copyright bots, listener emails, FEMA warns of vulnerabilities in EAS devices, Anonymous hacks CCP website.
Off The Hook - Aug 03, 2022
August 04, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBGetting the HOPE videos online, US federal courts system data breach, European missile manufacturer data breach, Rob and Gila are back, Winamp is back, listener email.
Off The Hook - Jul 27, 2022
July 28, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBGreg Newby, Volt4ire, Alex, Mitch Altman and Liz Gorski are on to discuss the 14th HOPE conference that took place this weekend, how HOPE ended up at St. John's University, hanging out after hours, an overview of some of the talks and workshops, the May Contain Hackers conference was occurring at the same time in the Netherlands, the AV and streaming crews stepped up their games, YouTube pulled the stream of one of the live tracks.
Off The Hook - Jul 13, 2022
July 14, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBHOPE is next week, the pandemic isn't over, Elon Musk wants to pull out of the Twitter deal, roadside message board "hacked", Google location history used to fight parking charge, Disneyland's Instagram account hacked, data breach exposes info on 1 billion Chinese citizens.
Off The Hook - Jun 29, 2022
June 30, 2022 00:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBSupreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, technological measures to protect your privacy, questioning the Supreme Court's legitimacy, the role of social media in political discourse, hackers target pro-life organizations.
Off The Hook - Jun 15, 2022
June 16, 2022 00:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBBandwidth problems, British Columbia internet outage, new DoJ policy regarding CFAA charges, HOPE update, Facebook collecting highly sensitive info on abortion seekers, 4.3 million Brits hack their neighbor's Wi-Fi, UK protecting phone boxes in areas that need them, anonymous hacker served restraining order via NFT, AOL 3.0 resurrected by hackers.
Off The Hook - Jun 08, 2022
June 09, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBBig Tech problems, email is falling out of favor, Elon Musk to get access to raw Twitter data, Bored Ape Yacht Club hacked, listener emails, NY passes electronics right to repair law.
Off The Hook - Jun 01, 2022
June 02, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBThe death of NYC payphones has been greatly exaggerated, LinkNYC kiosks and anonymity, HOPE update, Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas's social media moderation law.
Off The Hook - May 18, 2022
May 19, 2022 00:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBHOPE update, Elan Musk may be getting cold feet, NY Governor Hochul proposing a series of measures to combat domestic terrorism, Congress holds hearing on UAPs, eavesdropping on 6G wireless signals, millions of Teslas vulnerable to hacking, Russian hackers attempted to disrupt Eurovision voting.
Off The Hook - May 11, 2022
May 12, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBIt's illegal to demonstrate outside a Supreme Court justice's house, Russian state TV and financial companies hacked, Russian hackers target ventilators in British hospitals, HOPE update, Google Docs bug crashes documents, Elan Musk would reverse Trump's Twitter ban, controversial Texas social media law allowed to take effect by appeals court.
Off The Hook - May 04, 2022
May 05, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBSkype problems, Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion case leaks, data broker was selling location data of people who visit abortion clinics, Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter, US attempting to extradite British citizen over cryptocurrency conference.
Off The Hook - Apr 20, 2022
April 21, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBTesting positive for COVID, Florida judge overturns CDC travel mask mandate, Brazilian judge fines Apple for not including charger with new phones, listener emails, an update on Virgil Griffith, warnings of an APT threat to the energy sector.
Off The Hook - Apr 13, 2022
April 14, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBVirgil Griffith sentenced to five years in federal prison and fined $100,000 for speaking at a North Korean cryptocurrency conference.
Off The Hook - Apr 06, 2022
April 07, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBSkyrocketing rents are driving out smaller independent NYC businesses, Russian Federal Air Transport Agency suffers cyberattack, Russia threatens to fine Wikipedia over misinformation, retro computer museum in Mariupol destroyed in bombing, listener emails, HOPE 2022 updates, roadside message boards hacked, Russian hackers target NATO.
Off The Hook - Mar 23, 2022
March 24, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MBListener emails, Microsoft and Okta reportedly hacked, Karina Shedrofsky - Head of Research at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project joins the panel to discuss their public database of oligarch assets.
Off The Hook - Mar 16, 2022
March 17, 2022 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBMeta platforms change hate speech policy, Anonymous helping to spread information to Russian citizens, Emma Best from Distributed Denial of Secrets joins the panel to discuss the leak of Russian government censorship data.
Off The Hook - Mar 09, 2022
March 10, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBHacking Russian satellites, Anonymous attacks against Russia, Conti ransomware group chat logs leaked, Russia could disconnect itself from the internet, the Ukrainian shortwave interval signal, support for Ukraine comes in many forms, collapse of Russia's secure comms network, BBC resurrects shortwave broadcasts to Russia.
Off The Hook - Feb 23, 2022
February 24, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBThe launch of Trump's social media platform Truth Social, 2600 banned from Instagram, emails of 'Adopt a Trucker' campaign founder leaked, banned links and suspended accounts on Twitter, HOPE early submission deadline is approaching, listener emails.
Off The Hook - Feb 16, 2022
February 17, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBListening in on Freedom Convoy communications, another GiveSendGo data leak, how misinformation can radicalize people, domain name screw ups, Missouri prosecutor declines to pursue charges in journalist "hacking" case, an update on Jeopardy Jim.
Off The Hook - Feb 09, 2022
February 10, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBHijacking common words, donation site for Ottawa "Freedom Convoy" exposed user data, arrest warrant issued for University of Waterloo student in $15 million crypto theft, feds arrest NY couple and seize $3.6 billion in stolen bitcoin, HOPE conference update, hacking a hardware crypto wallet, Russian number station update.
Off The Hook - Jan 26, 2022
January 27, 2022 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBThe fight to free PACER, Julian Assange wins right to appeal extradition to US, crypto.com acknowledges hack, Russian numbers station hijacked, Belarus state-owned railway hit with ransomware, Greg Newby joins the panel to discuss the upcoming HOPE conference.
Off The Hook - Jan 19, 2022
January 20, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBAn update on Virgil Griffith's case, some people having trouble ordering free at-home covid tests.
Off The Hook - Jan 12, 2022
January 13, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBDEFCON accused of fueling Trump's "big lie", what's going on with log4j, Google Docs being abused in phishing attacks, Canon helping customers bypass its toner cartridge DRM due to chip shortage, 2600 meeting updates.
Off The Hook - Dec 29, 2021
December 30, 2021 00:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBEmmanuel is wearing a medical device, the year in review and predictions for 2022, the economics of the music industry.
Off The Hook - Dec 22, 2021
December 23, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBWBAI tower fund, log4j is burning down the internet, hacking covid test devices, radioactive anti-5G products, 5G interference to aviation.
Off The Hook - Dec 15, 2021
December 16, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBWBAI tower fund, an update on the HOPE 2022 venue, the Empire Station Coalition is fighting to save the Hotel Penn, RIP BlackBerry 10 & 3G.
Off The Hook - Dec 01, 2021
December 02, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBHotel Penn update, injecting ads into dreams, Google sued for breaching "Don't Be Evil" contract, listener emails, international hacking news.
Off The Hook - Nov 24, 2021
November 25, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBFBI email system hacked, Hotel Penn update, school district Zoom meeting hacked, the next chapter in the McDonald's ice cream machine saga, an update on the Virgil Griffith case.
Off The Hook - Nov 17, 2021
November 18, 2021 00:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBEmmanuel and Kyle are back in NY, some of the points of interest they visited over the past few weeks, aerial surveillance footage leaked, 11 year old hacks school internet, Hotel Pennsylvania slated for demolition.
Off The Hook - Nov 03, 2021
November 04, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThoughts on election day, Facebook's new name, facial recognition systems under fire, Facebook's plans to target six year olds, Yahoo pulls out of China, listener emails.
Off The Hook - Oct 27, 2021
October 28, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBEmmanuel and Kyle are in western Washington State, Alex is in Chicago, potential Amazon employees are very demanding, Trump's new social network, broadcasting newsgroup shutting down, Signal problems.
Off The Hook - Oct 20, 2021
October 21, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBEmmanuel and Kyle are in Seattle, Emmanuel gave a keynote at THOTCON last week, the dark side of Amazon, Facebook is planning to change their name, Missouri governor accuses reporter who found flaw in state website of hacking.
Off The Hook - Oct 06, 2021
October 07, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBRob and Gila are running the show while Emmanuel and Kyle travel the country, Facebook suffered a major outage this week, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before Congress, data from Twitch hack posted online, company that routes SMS for all major US carriers hacked for five years.
Off The Hook - Sep 29, 2021
September 30, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBEthereum developer Virgil Griffith pleads guilty to conspiracy charge in North Korea sanctions case.
Off The Hook - Sep 15, 2021
September 16, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBA brief history of the turbulence at WBAI, NYC subway disruption caused by someone accidentally pressing the "power off" button, Texas GOP website hacked in response to anti abortion law, new Texas and Australian social media laws, historical 9/11 coverage broken by deprecation of Adobe Flash.