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- 07 / 03 / 19 -
The first show in the new timeslot, a new project has blown up on the Internet, listings at concentrationcamps.us and internmentcamps.us detail where undocumented immigrants are being held, what was involved in compiling all of this data, what camps are listed in New York, reports of the site already being blocked, rumors of YouTube blocking videos involving hackers, how this is relevant to the hacker world, how privacy invading technology is being used on the people held in these camps, ideas on how to improve the listing, questioning whether publishing this list is political, the surveillance technology being used against the Muslim population in China, how malware is being loaded onto phones of border crossers by Chinese border guards, listener thoughts on vaccinations and E-ZPass, why WBAI doesn't have commercials, there are 2600 meetings this week.
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July 3
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- 07 / 10 / 19 -
The concentrationcamps.us domain continues to grow, Alex details a case involving Trump blocking people from following his Twitter account, defining when Twitter becomes a public forum, theorizing on what will and can be done at this stage, some listener feedback on the concentration camp list, why publishing the list wasn't done as a political act, Bruce Kushnick from The Irregulators joins the conversation, who The Irregulators are, naming the seven regional Bell operating companies, some history of the Bell breakup, what Bruce has been involved in accomplishing concerning phone service, the issue of fiber optic wiring, how the phone companies were allowed by the FCC to have only three customers in order to fulfill their obligation, the difference between Title One and Title Two, the ways phone companies deceive the public, artificial losses and why the FCC was sued, how local service was made unprofitable on purpose, massive amounts of conflict of interest, why Bruce and his associates have standing regarding this case, how people can get more info.
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July 10
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- 07 / 17 / 19 -
The last show before the summer fundraiser begins, an appeal to anyone still waiting for premiums from past drives, Alex details a significant development in the Michael Cohen case that will result in disclosure of unredacted material tomorrow, why this is significant for freedom of information, how this could be a total win for transparency, preparing for a refusal to cooperate, what to expect tomorrow, the updates that have been added to concentrationcamps.us, how prison visits are being eliminated, the certainty of having entire video conversations recorded by prison authorities, the many websites catalogued that involve vast number of imprisoned people, a listener takes issue with the phrase "concentration camp," leaked documents from a company named Perceptics reveal that company's plan to surveil New Yorkers in a congestion zone, the threat such a system would pose, companies that own electronic voting systems refuse to reveal who owns them, Joseph Menn appears on C-SPAN to discuss his book on the Cult of the Dead Cow where the HOPE conference was mentioned, trying to diagnose a malfunctioning phone system on the air, the show won't be on next week.
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July 17
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- 07 / 31 / 19 -
The future of the HOPE conference is thrown into jeopardy by a massive price increase at the Hotel Pennsylvania, a huge outpouring of support from the community, some examples of the kinds of ideas for new venues that are being offered, Marina from Italy joins the conversation, the desire to always be doing something different, the inspiration from the old Dutch hacker conferences that made HOPE possible, a pledge to find a solution, it's a fundraising edition of the show, 106 million people are affected by a breach at Capital One, a look at the possible motivations of the person arrested for accessing their files, a massive police response, the lack of any apparent criminal intent, a judge who gets it regarding sentencing a famous hacker who stopped the WannaCry ransomware attack, Apple contractors are regularly hearing private information while working on Sirii, Rob describes how he can spy on his Echo device remotely, attempting to relay a message through Rob's Echo device, a look at Amazon's Ring and how they control the ways police describe their product, figuring out when the line is crossed, the way surveillance has been embraced over the years, Kyle and Emmanuel experience a massive amount of EAS tones going off on people's phones in a theater, a design flaw in how alerts are set on individual phones, how engineers don't always come up with the best solutions for consumers, more examples of bad design, the various ways to pledge to the station, there are 2600 meetings this week, some words about HOPE. This show includes light fundraising.
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July 31
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