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- 06 / 02 / 2021 -
Emmanuel gets verified on Twitter, how this followed an initial rejection, why being rejected was actually a good thing, Emmanuel's advice to the unverified, Gila warns of the fragility of Emmanuel's blue check, working for change from within, Instagram changes its algorithm, the new Trump blog has already been scrapped, a Florida teen is arrested and expelled for hacking into a school computer system, how Spectrum contributed to the attack by not providing protection that had been paid for, how the student was found, Alex discusses whether the punishment fits the crime, Emmanuel's views on what should happen here, some listener mail, memories of a method of using one FM radio to silence another, a listener is convinced by the show to get the vaccine, words on the upcoming Pacifica elections involving bylaws, info on New York State's Excelsior pass, an announcement is set for tomorrow on 2600 meetings and the HOPE conference.
Overtime: People are disappearing, some residual effects from Emmanuel's blue check, Rob explains the Excelsior pass, why this isn't a way of tracking people, why people might want this info not to be shared, Gila describes how our actions affect those around us, the ignorance involved in wearing yellow stars as a vaccine protest, Alex gives a parallel to believing in the effectiveness of the vaccine, helping a listener with a petition, a caller from Oregon tries to understand the mindset of people who oppose the vaccine, a caller explains what Amazon Sidewalk is all about, Kyle goes into some of the specifics of this program, a debate on how to pronounce "excelsior," an Internet pronunciation, the World's Fair still exists, the wide definition of infrastructure, a final attempt to get another call.
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June 2
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Off The Hook Overtime
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- 06 / 16 / 2021 -
Alex has been elusive and is driving, the show wasn't on last week due to a mistake at the station, the show won't be preempted as originally scheduled next week to make up for this, someone reported "Overtime" for medical misinformation after encouraging that people get vaccinated leading to YouTube mistakenly removing it for a period of time, appealing to whomever did this to do it again to demonstrate how easy it is, analyzing YouTube policy, why WBAI doesn't face the same kind of risk and why this makes it all the more important to support the station, wondering if the YouTube broadcast can be taken down live, the HOPE conference won't be happening this year after all, plans for next year, an update on the venue for the 2600 meeting in New York City, what other meetings should do as things slowly start to open up, why this is a good time to start new meetings, a history of 2600 meetings, Alex remembers the first meetings he attended, what happens at the meetings, Reality Winner has been released from prison, how microdots and The Intercept helped get her arrested, the FBI is able to recover much of the cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware attackers, Emmanuel has an issue with an acronym Alex uses, how a calculator app was used against organized crime members, how this never would have happened had they used open source, how this proves the FBI can combat crime without additional powers, ways listeners can get more info on the bylaws issue at WBAI.
Overtime: Some sensationalistic headlines, the New York State Senate votes in support of electronics right to repair, Kyle wants to know what's missing in this, the amount of chips in cars, what the actual number of vaccinated New Yorkers is, Joe Biden's goal of 70 percent vaccinated by July 4th, more on a listener's petition, trying to understand why anyone working in a hospital would be against taking the vaccine, the issue of vaccination stickers, interest in getting Reality Winner to speak at HOPE, a vacancy in the FCC and what would be desired in a new member, privacy concerns over the Excelsior pass, how this is a completely voluntary program, Alex describes how nobody in Florida was wearing masks when he was there, listening to a hiss in a phone call from Bulgaria, ways of getting unmasked people to cross the street, Bobson apologizes for the Eurovision contest, going over some of the highlights, why nobody should expect the teamsters to pay a ransomware demand, a hackers.town call, combating a botnet infection, possible problems with the bandwidth tonight.
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June 16
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- 06 / 23 / 2021 -
A week from the day after tomorrow is the first in-person 2600 meeting in 15 months, the vaccination rate needs to be 40 percent or above for meetings to take place, why nobody will be asking for proof of vaccination at the meetings, Alex reports that New Yorkers can have at-home vaccinations now, how to tell if an offer is a scam, Connecticut becomes the first state to make prison calls free, wondering why anyone would oppose this, the ranked choice method of voting in the New York City Democratic primary, questioning how this system works, the assumption that a Democratic mayoral candidate will win in New York City, a PlayStation hack that somehow gets cops involved and makes national news, why it's a mistake to use real money in video games, the story of Pelotons being bricked, a trend of never actually buying things anymore, the Colonial Pipeline hack was accomplished with a single password that hadn't been changed and wasn't being used.
Overtime: An appeal for new callers this week, the Lake Washington School District in Washington State has their web pages replaced with racially charged material, issues with the use of the word "hacker," why this proves the importance of teaching kids about racism, a phone call is lost, a call from Novosibirsk in Russia, a Spotify challenge, theorizing on where the issue is coming from, the voice of Jane Barbe lives on, news on the Emergency Broadband Benefit with unlimited 4G data as part of Lifeline service, Kyle gets an unbranded free phone from his phone company because 3G is being shut down, thoughts on net neutrality, the gonetspeed.com site, calling WWVH, remembering the old dial-it service numbers, trying to not have today's Euro matches ruined by a caller, Iranian websites are seized by U.S. authorities for spreading disinformation, which top level domains are susceptible to this, Alex explains what an SDN is, how this differs from getting kicked off of Twitter, questioning the fairness of the top level domain system, admonishing a repeat caller, clarification on vaccine numbers, Kyle opens a bottle of wine, a note about the sound quality of last week's YouTube broadcast, increasing bandwidth with a push of a button, discovering internal rate limiting, how 2600 meetings will work next month.
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June 23
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- 06 / 30 / 2021 -
There will be 2600 meetings this Friday, what the qualifications are, how to start a new meeting, Chinese hackers are believed to be behind an attack on the New York City transit system in April, info on Israeli students is released by a pro-Palestinian Malaysian group named DragonForce, questioning what subway booths are now used for, the new OMNY readers in the subway, the upcoming transition from the Metrocard system, the advantage of not having travel zones in the city, the serious privacy concerns here, the demise of cash and the risks that poses, preliminary numbers in the New York City mayoral primary are released with inaccurate data, an oddity on Eric Adams' voting record that Emmanuel spotted, the difference between the city and state databases, the possible loss of a recorded weather number, dialing the time recording at WWV, other interesting numbers, Gila's experience calling recorded numbers as a child, Alex remembers voicemail hacking while Emmanuel remembers answering machine hacking, rating different answering machines, the time that the 2600 answering machine was hacked, a hacker discovers that smart meters in Texas are broadcasting revealing information, how this led to a revelation of which areas were exempted from having the heat turned off during a devastating cold snap this winter.
Overtime: Waiting for the verification from Rob that the show is on YouTube, asking that callers from last week not call in, there is a heat wave, the sound of a fan, Alex felt compelled to mow the lawn in the heat, an invitation to callers from Portland where the heat is especially brutal, the Supreme Court rules almost unanimously that a student had the right to make a vulgar Snapchat post that mentioned her school, remembering dark days in school, trying to get calls, a listener question about transferring a phone's data, how Kyle was able to steal Emmanuel's phone call, some Bluetooth fun, a caller has a question about Tucker Carlson, thoughts on Windows 11, possible hazards of two-factor authentication, how Alex dealt with a scammer by mentioning the OS/2 Warp operating system, China's banning of cryptocurrencies, memories of the "Freedom Downtime" DVD and all of its extra features, Emmanuel discovers that freedomdowntime.com is still in use with a listing of all of the Easter eggs, trying to put an end to the show in the midst of all of the heat.
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June 30
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