Episodes
Alex is in Las Vegas for Defcon, remembering Cheshire Catalyst, the WBAI website is down, Twitter fined for delay in complying with search warrant for Trump's account records, security breach exposes UK voters' data.
Published 08/10/23
MTA to experiment with artificial intelligence, Twitter sues Center for Countering Digital Hate over lost advertising, Mastodon server compromised when admin's home was raided by FBI on unrelated charges, NYPD testing new radio encryption system.
Published 08/03/23
Remembering Kevin Mitnick, masks at the first HOPE conference, the Free Kevin movement, Kevin's business cards, the Freedom Downtime documentary, the Takedown protests, listener mail, The New York Times' role in demonizing Kevin, how hackers first found out that the FBI was looking for Kevin, news of Kevin's capture.
Published 07/27/23
Alex is back in the country, Emmanuel and Kyle are on assignment, The_Gibson joins the panel to discuss the fediverse, Twitter restricts access to logged in users only, how the fediverse differs from Twitter, Threads might disrupt the fediverse, Google might scrape everything you post online to train it's AI, a preview of a privacy project by The_Gibson and Cult of the Dead Cow.
Published 07/06/23
Alex is in London, Emmanuel and Kyle are in the Yukon, Greg Newby joins the panel, communicating via Starlink, radio telephones, Greg ran in the Denali135, communications systems for the middle of nowhere, Alex attended the Chelsea Arts Club Ball, visiting Canadian radio stations, Canadian wildfires are still a problem, Facebook to block news content in Canada, smartphone emergency call issues, Fort Worth systems hacked over state's laws against gender affirming care.
Published 06/29/23
Skype problems, Emmanuel and Kyle are on assignment, the Reddit blackout, volt4ire joins the panel, an update on the ChatGPT lawyer story, EU takes first steps toward AI regulation, Hollywood writers' concerns over AI, Amazon Fire kids tablet used to stalk security pro, listener mail.
Published 06/15/23
Emmanuel visited Virgil Griffith in prison, the Maker Faire is coming to Coney Island, broadcast signal intrusion in Russia, misinformation on Twitter, device searches at borders, Gmail sender verification hacked, questionable political donations, poor internal security at Amazon's Ring, Canadian smoke.
Published 06/08/23
An experiment during Overtime, IRS to test free online filing system, distracted by chat, iPhones will be able to impersonate your voice using AI, Facebook glitches, Google to delete inactive accounts, ChatGPT can't tell if something was written by ChatGPT, Eurovision.
Published 05/18/23
Alex is in Pittsburgh, the logic behind area code assignment, the Long Island Telephone Museum, MTA will continue to post on Twitter after all, three companies fined for generating fake public comments to influence the FCC's net neutrality decision, Google will integrate AI into search, Eurovision security concerns.
Published 05/11/23
2600 is 40 years old, Missouri trans snitch form taken offline, Pornhub blocks users in Utah, MTA will no longer post on Twitter, Indiana zoo website hacked, Google replacing passwords with passkeys.
Published 05/04/23
Skype problems, listener mail, upgrades are unavoidable, the Skype problems have been resolved, the problem with the federal judiciary.
Published 04/20/23
The leaked Ukraine war documents, tracing the timeline of the leak, document alterations, debating the motivations of the source of the leak, the government investigation, more wayward documents, the surprising history of 2600 Magazine according to Google Bard, NPR labeled as "state affiliated media" on Twitter.
Published 04/13/23
Cory Doctorow joins the panel to discuss his new book "Red Team Blues", the Amazon/Audible monopoly, Amazon's ad practices, an excerpt from "Red Team Blues", a preview of the next two books in the series, advice for new writers.
Published 04/06/23
How to tell the difference between a chatbot and a human, Space Rogue joins the panel to discuss his new book "How the Hackers Known As L0pht Changed the World", choosing a hacker handle, testifying before Congress, the origins of L0pht, writing a book, the end of L0pht as @stake, the Hacker News Network, remembering Aloria.
Published 03/23/23
Alex is in London, testing the new studio setup, car manufacturers are phasing out AM radios, Volkswagen charges police to track stolen vehicle, some cars will be able to repossess themselves, Elon Musk says ChatGPT is too woke, Russia fines Wikipedia for misinformation, listener email.
Published 03/16/23
Microsoft puts limits on interactions with Bing, AI causing problems for publishers, David Greene from EFF joins the panel to discuss the Supreme Court hearings on Section 230, Twitter starts charging for SMS 2-factor authentication.
Published 02/23/23
Alex is back in NYC, cell phone antics, more AI news, arguing with Bing, recalling an old Asimov story, comparisons to Eliza from the 60's, Marty the robot escapes PA supermarket.
Published 02/16/23
A ChatGPT intro, Alex is back in London, tech giants rush to deploy their own AI products, deep-fake voice technology is getting easier to use, some Supreme Court justices misuse personal email for work, hacked Twitter account leads to crypto theft.
Published 02/09/23
Lorax Horne from Distributed Denial of Secrets and Arseny join the panel, ChatGPT passes Wharton MBA exam, elected officials object to MSG's use of facial recognition, T-Mobile hacked again, only half of smart appliance owners connect them to the Internet, MA high school smart lights have been on for over a year, Lorax discusses the leak of the no-fly list.
Published 01/26/23
Alex is in London this week, experimenting with ChatGPT, asking it to write poetry, songs, about it's feelings, jokes, limericks, about politics, getting different answers to the same question, another lawyer denied entry to MSG after being identified by facial recognition, a ChatGPT signoff.
Published 01/19/23
Arseny joins the panel to discuss his time in Russia, banking and 'right to repair' culture in Russia, Twitter releases contradictory statement regarding leaked data, the LastPass breach, California wants to digitize license plates, Melbourne's anti-graffiti QR codes vandalized, a sad anniversary.
Published 01/12/23
It's freezing in Florida, the most important stories of the year and predictions for next year.
Published 12/29/22
Alex is in Tel Aviv, TSA wants to scan your face, San Francisco reverses course on killer robots, COVID-19 is still a thing, Elon Musk releases "Twitter files".
Published 12/15/22
Remembering our friend Jim.
Published 12/01/22
Audio problems, more details on the FTX collapse, SFPD authorized to use robots to kill suspects, Amazon Alexa deemed colossal failure, WikiLeaks website is falling apart at the seams.
Published 11/24/22