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- 04 / 03 / 19 -
The end of Google Plus for consumers, Jason Scott joins the conversation to discuss preserving what's on that system before it disappears, the risk of keeping important data in the cloud, how Google Plus was forced on people in its early days, the annoyance of Google fan boys, how it's still possible to browse some GeoCities pages due to Yahoo not being able to delete them, why things need to change, the many examples of companies not preserving the data of their users, Emmanuel's experience archiving material since childhood, the value of Jason's efforts over the years, the importance of always making copies of things you want to save, Emmanuel's issue with revising previous comments online, Facebook policies with developers come under fire, Iranian hacking group APT35/Phosphorus loses domains to Microsoft that are similar to legitimate ones, 2600 once held a domain very close to guinnessrecords.com, examples of some of the seized domains, an update on right to repair legislation, there are 2600 meetings this week.
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April 3
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- 04 / 10 / 19 -
Rob and Alex are alone in the studio, an update on net neutrality, why Alex believes the current House vote is pointless, what it takes to get a victory, Greg Newby joins the conversation, the Smart car is in Ontario, what it took to get the Smart car up there, how this ties into right to repair, ways that Canada is ahead of the United States, how Democrats in the States have kept marijuana from being legalized in certain states, how CBC's Gem streaming service works, how Alex was able to access the BBC iPlayer, Greg's experience with Apple licensing, how buying content doesn't mean you own it, the prevalence of payphones in Canada, a Chinese woman is detained at Mar-a-Lago, wondering what her actual crime was, questioning various elements of the story, a battle over the .amazon domain.
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April 10
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- 04 / 17 / 19 -
Some big news stories as the Notre Dame cathedral burns down and Julian Assange is dragged out of the embassy in London, a look at the charges against Assange, criminalizing Jabber, the prosecution of Chelsea Manning for refusing to testify against Assange, Alex explains why grand jury testimony is kept secret, the lack of prosecution of the people who actually killed civilians in the video Wikileaks released, a clip from the show where Assange appeared in the studio in 2010, Alex takes issue with the manner in which Assange released information, the issue of LM hash cracking, debating whether Assange actually engaged in the hash cracking, Alex's prediction on what will happen with regard to extradition, Emmanuel's view on what should happen next, another excerpt from the Assange visit to "Off The Hook" in 2010, where Alex draws the line on what kind of leak was justified, Kyle explains how going through channels isn't always beneficial, another clip from the 2010 show, how Assange thought he was safest in the United States back then, how Kyle and Emmanuel warned Assange that there was an investigation into him a month before he went into the embassy, why it's essential that this source never be revealed.
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April 17
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- 04 / 24 / 19 -
A special series of days devoted to helping listeners track down missing premiums, all of the Circle of HOPE videos are now up on YouTube, discovering that many HOPE talks have been marked "advertiser unfriendly," how a talk on sex was restricted by age, theorizing on how the algorithm works, a list of some of the talks that made the list, Alex's talk has a pro-Trump ad attached to it, how 2600 seems to be fighting with every social media platform, how the perpetrator of a rampage on LinkNYC kiosks was ratted out by one of the kiosks, the Mueller Report is released, an organization that reviews the quality of the PDF, how 2600 released a searchable version of the report, analysis from the hacker perspective, the show is preempted next week, Evan Koblentz from the Vintage Computer Federation joins the discussion, Ken Thompson will be the keynote speaker at the Vintage Computer Festival this year, when this year's event will take place, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has created a new virtual reality training tool to spot different types of surveillance, Kyle is currently wearing the device on his head, Dave Maass from the EFF joins the conversation, the thinking behind the device, Kyle shares what he's learning as he explores with this tool.
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April 24
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