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- 12 / 04 / 19 -
Ironing out the kinks in the new studio, well known hacker Virgil Griffith is charged with helping the North Korean regime by appearing at a conference there, what is known so far, how Virgil has always been up front with his actions, how what he was accused of doing was completely legal before Trump changed the rules, why it was a bad idea for him to talk to the FBI without a lawyer, Emmanuel analyzes the accusations against Virgil as someone who knows him, some of the projects Virgil has been involved in, the consequences of breaking the law, wondering why these charges were brought six months after Virgil willingly met with the FBI, the mistake of turning over his phone, Alex goes over the charges, Fabio Pietrosanti joins the conversation from Italy, how the conference in question was a relatively boring event, details of what actually went on in Pyongyang, an excerpt from a show with Virgil shortly after the death of Aaron Swartz in 2013.
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December 4
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- 12 / 11 / 19 -
Jason Scott from archive.org and textfiles.com is in the studio, admiring the new studios, the need to raise funds, the aftereffects of Pacifica not paying the landlord after shutting down the station, what is being offered tonight, Rob describes the hacker portrait, how this is actually still the fall fund drive, the recovery process after the Pacifica takeover, how a familiar Italian radio station does fundraisers, the show is moving once more to 7 pm, an update on the Virgil Griffith case, how changing international relations might have influenced this case, how the FBI trapped Virgil, Alex reads and analyzes some of the charges, what he is not accused of, Yahoo is shutting down much of its Yahoo Groups operations, how Yahoo has tried to block Jason's attempts to archive their groups before they disappear entirely, what is potentially being lost here, the danger of trusting a large corporation to preserve history. This show includes fundraising.
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December 11
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- 12 / 18 / 19 -
The show is now on at its new time, it's impeachment day, an expanded edition of the show, trying to get word out to people that the station is back on the air, what's included in the digital digest, there was a snow squall today, exciting possibilities for the new HOPE venue at St. John's University, a large number of volunteers will be needed, 988 is going to be the national number for a suicide prevention hotline, how this will work in places with existing 988 exchanges, dialing 411 and getting the number for WBAI, checking out other three digit codes, ideas on how to better allocate some of these numbers, ordeals involving Ring security cameras, the wisdom of connecting everything to the Internet, how Ring pointed the finger back at the users, the risks of smart houses, abuse of baby monitors, another story of Verizon forcing customers onto FIOS, the impeachment bell rings, a call for people to loudly proclaim that WBAI is back on the air, the number of BAI Buddies who will help the station recover from the attempted takeover, the view from the window of the new studio, Trump has officially been impeached, recalling all of the times presidents have been impeached, more Verizon phone issues from listeners, Emmanuel's negative feelings towards Tulsi Gabbard, a rundown of premiums. This show is two hours and includes fundraising.
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December 18
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- 12 / 25 / 19 -
The "war on Christmas," the Chaos Communication Congress will begin soon, the frustration of trying to get tickets to hacker events, there will be another opportunity for HOPE tickets in the near future, Mitch Altman joins the conversation from Leipzig, Mitch describes the scene in the days leading up to the event, some of the talks to look forward to, pronouncing the names of the various tracks, how to constructively communicate and exchange ideas in this day and age, the importance of volunteers in getting these events to function smoothly, looking forward to HOPE, the triumph of the individual, a Verizon landline outage, a Twitter for Android security vulnerability is revealed, why it's not wise to trust Twitter with anything sensitive, voting machine security, more on copper versus FIOS, a call from Bulgaria, an aborted attempt to talk about the last episode of "Mr. Robot."
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December 25
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