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- 08 / 14 / 19 -

Greg Newby is in town, the fundraiser is over, HOPE conference planning is underway, the FCC and FTC will be watching over social media issues that concern Trump, Mitch McConnell's Twitter account is suspended after posting a threat that was made against his own people, Facebook can apparently sense fear, the revelation that artificial intelligence is racist, Amazon's Rekognition project, the issue of CCTV cameras everywhere, how different childhood would have been with surveillance cameras, a FEMA EAS test that was different from others, how DVRs aren't able to capture these kinds of tests, the city of Naples in Florida falls victim to a ransomware attack, Alex explains why DNS monitoring is so important, Greg details a story involving a lawsuit against Project Gutenberg from a German company concerning a book published over 100 years ago, how copyright differs in various countries, how the German court is somehow prevailing in this case, problems hitting the microphone.

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- 08 / 21 / 19 -

Fiddling with buttons, HOPE videos have been digitized, the digest project continues, how it's possible to tell what people are typing on a keyboard, the manner in which this story has been distorted to turn hackers into the threat, an un-passworded server results in exposed customer data for over 160 million accounts at MoviePass, ways to act after finding a security vulnerability, how those who reveal problems are often thought of as the problem, the SecureDrop system at 2600, a surveillance overreach related to an anti-Proud Boys demonstration that involves Google, a warning about Apple cards, news of a phone museum in Georgia, a caller wants to keep his old cell phone, a caller has odd problems trying to connect to toll-free numbers.

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August 21
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- 08 / 28 / 19 -

An additional announcement, a late start, a momentous program that marks the end of democracy in the United Kingdom as Parliament is suspended by Boris Johnson, an invitation to people from the United Kingdom to call in, Uber claims to reduce traffic in London despite its own evidence, disturbing global trends, Kyle arrives after parking the car, the hypocrisy with the Brexit position, getting around region coding, the hoops that must be jumped through in order to view free content on devices like Roku, an update on HOPE, what Operation London Bridge is, the protocol that will be followed when Queen Elizabeth dies, a call from Zap, news of a new 2600 meeting in Bournemouth, where to find alternative news.

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