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- 10 / 07 / 2020 -
A 90 minute show with Cory Doctorow, a recorded piece by Cory regarding his new book, a call for technological self-determination, what "Attack Surface" is all about, the similarity of the plot to present day Belarus, what "the thrice brewed teabags of the telecommunications world" means, a recent Greek leak that's especially scandalous, Cory describes what his Kickstarter is all about, why Cory won't allow Amazon to sell his audio book, how Audible uses its monopoly to deny access to libraries, thinking of copyright as a labor law, the production of the audio book, describing some of the characters in the book, what it was like to write as a female, the occasional technical documentation that appears in the book, why the actual technical detail is important to the story, Cory's experience at the Cyber Institute at West Point, an interaction with a kid who wanted to join the NSA, moments where technologists have confronted themselves, a comparison to parallel parking, how Cory almost wound up working for Microsoft as a DRM evangelist, how EFF changed his future while he was at the airport, how people can get ahold of the book and support the station, today is the show's 32nd anniversary, how 2600 may be the only publication on the Kindle to tell people how to get around Kindle restrictions, the possibility of being able to do more good from within, when a hobby becomes a moral imperative, Cory describes how to defeat a polygraph test, how Edward Snowden kept himself out of the story, Cory tells how talent agencies take advantage of their clients, another example involving poultry farmers, how workers are being turned into independent contractors, nightmares involving AT&T call centers run by independent contractors, the prevalence of invasive searches by corporate security as described in the book, future decisions that will be made by autonomous vehicles, the gradient that bad technology ascends, when the book is officially coming out, the vice presidential debate is coming up next.
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October 7
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- 10 / 21 / 2020 -
Learning a trick to allow for a smoother transition, Jason Scott is the guest tonight, trying to decipher a news story about gaming, what a jump scare is, the latest kid trends, how the pandemic might have been handled a few years ago, Alex is smoking a pipe on the air, memories of teleconferences of the past, Jason describes recordings of voice mail hacking available at textfiles.com, Emmanuel describes his first encounter with an IBM Audio Distribution System, the 100-year renewal option with Network Solutions, Jason describes weird subcultures of the past, attempts to get the old 2600 voice BBS recordings restored, an update on C-SPAN anchor Steve Scully who was caught false accusing hackers of being responsible for a misdirected tweet, threatening messages from alleged Trump supporters to registered Democrats, letting people know what is and isn't possible in such scam attempts, stupid things that people do when trying to pull off a crime, Yahoo Groups is shutting down for good on December 15, Jason explains how we got to this point, how archive.org is tackling this challenge, corporate decisions that radically affect user communities, Jason emphasizes the importance of making copies, Quibi is shutting down today, the danger in handing over our personal communications to companies that could get rid of them at any time, Kyle describes a Yahoo group he's part of that had no idea the service was going away, Jason gives advice on what people can do to minimize the effects of such developments, how people can contact Jason, encouraging people to vote and make change.
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October 21
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- 10 / 28 / 2020 -
It's the last show "before," what we will know after Election Day next week, predictions of an early Trump lead with changing fortunes as absentee ballots are counted, advising people to listen to the November 9th show in 2016, comparing what the mood might be like compared to after the election in 2008, how Trump supporters are intimidating people, the story of a Biden supporter on Long Island who was forced to remove an American flag from her pickup truck by a Trump mob, the absurdity of the electoral college, the weird role that South Carolina plays in the election, the difficulty of updating the Constitution, one way around the electoral college that could actually work, various voting deadlines, a list of locations for early voting in the area, Trump's campaign website is defaced, details on how this hack might have been carried out, a false hacking report at Fort Bragg leads to many bad reactions, Emmanuel questions why people block others on Twitter without any interaction, an update on possible Proud Boys intimidation tactics that the administration is trying to blame on Iran, how anyone really could have pulled this off, the personal information on voters that can be obtained in Florida, Alex describes a possible unethical practice on the part of the Board of Elections, Emmanuel is being relentlessly spammed by the "army of Trump," the possibility of never seeing Trump debate again.
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October 28
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