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- 09 / 09 / 2020 -
Another rough start, the show wasn't on last week, trouble communicating with people on the show, things seem to be getting worse each week, an appeal for support from listeners, how the preemptions are helping to reduce the fundraising time, thanking the various people who have pledged and said "Off The Hook" was their favorite show, how the president is a killer by withholding information about how dangerous the pandemic was, the importance of this situation, why it took criticizing the military for people to get outraged at Trump, the issue of naming the virus, going back to the studio seems to be a very long time away, how people in Europe tend to always answer the phone, how spam calls are regulated in other countries, why contact tracing doesn't work well in the United States, an example of a particularly bizarre piece of spam involving tractors, Gila signs up for a service called Nomorobo, the ineffectiveness of the Do Not Call registry, imagining what life will be like when things go back to normal, the weirdness of making any of this political, questioning why any business should have to shut down due to the pandemic, how chain stores have stopped paying rent, Emmanuel's question about a bowling alley that had to shut down, Rob and Gila are temporarily lost, Amazon drivers are hanging smartphones in trees in order to get a jump on rival drivers seeking orders, curiosity on what it's like to be an Amazon driver, Alex describes his telemarketing days, why Amazon emails don't mention what it was you ordered, trepidation in anticipating the coming school year. This show includes light fundraising.
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September 9
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- 09 / 16 / 2020 -
Dealing with long delays, Gila takes the subway for the first time in a while, Alex describes a victory in the TikTok case, how the government conceded, the various corporate entities trying to work with TikTok, how the Chinese press is handling this, the summer issue of 2600 has been released in PDF format, the dramatic effect of the cover, questioning why this is controversial, how 2600 has always been political, how to send feedback on Twitter, a weird story involving QAnon and the USPS, bizarre rumors of human trafficking, why social media is poison, Alex describes the weird domain name formatting involved in this scam, Emmanuel inadvertently tips off the scammers, how to use the 2600 SecureDrop, feedback from Twitter, Alex describes the Chinese influence on TikTok, smoke is arriving from the west coast, an example of misinformation from social media, correcting NPR on what Antifa is, Trump's false tweets are being labeled as "manipulated media" without having much of an effect, questioning whether this sort of thing is considered freedom of speech, a comparison to IRC, the challenge of identifying misinformation throughout social media.
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September 16
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- 09 / 23 / 2020 -
Alex is still in Pennsylvania due to the school situation in New York City, the new issue of 2600 is out, the controversy surrounding the cover, there's a cricket in the studio, some of the wildlife in the area, why only talking about exploits isn't what the show is about, there is unrest in the streets tonight, the Breonna Taylor decision is reached, the only cop to get charged was the one who missed, how demonstrations tend to be peaceful until the cops arrive, how the narrative has been changed to link these demonstrations to violence and vandalism, how Biden is being blamed for something that Trump is responsible for, how the attorney general who made the announcement today in Kentucky is close to Trump, Alex describes how this whole thing could be handled better on a legal basis, how Internal Affairs are always the bad guys on any cop show, the power of police unions, how police actions have resulted in more crime, some disturbing statements involving the upcoming election, Alex describes how Democrats are responsible for the way things are today, how citizens can wield power, Alex describes lunch with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Emmanuel questions the connection to hacking in a particular story, Gila describes how a company fooled its employees with promises of a false promotion to test their security awareness, describing the protests from Louisville live, a point-by-point dissection of a letter from a listener, wondering how Black Lives Matter keeps getting linked to Marxism, how defunding police is not the same thing as abolishing them, Rob discusses the outro.
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September 23
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- 09 / 30 / 2020 -
How bringing people into the conversation results in audio changes on the board, thoughts from everyone on why hackers hack, why it's better to be reluctant to be labeled as a hacker than to be too eager, analyzing a South African publication's conclusions, thoughts on the first presidential debate last night, the idea of a microphone cutoff switch or other solutions, how this administration has no regard for the law, how the next debate will be moderated by someone from C-SPAN who deals with craziness every day, debating whether Biden telling Trump to shut up was out of order, reaction from a company that appeared to be hosting the Proud Boys online, what defines censorship, why companies can be selective regarding customers, Alex gives an update on domain name searches, a look back at a "political" article in 2600 from 1985, an unusual step by Chuck Schumer that could shut down the Senate, how this could be used today and why it's necessary, an update on Julian Assange, how this story affects us all, the possibility of a sequel to the movie "Hackers," next week will be an extended show with Cory Doctorow.
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September 30
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