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Off The Hook a podcast from 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. It discusses the hacker's view of the emerging technology, and the threats posed by an increasingly Orwellian society. Hear updates on security flaws from the hacker perspective, as well as the latest news from within the hacker community. Foll…

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    • May 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 56m AVG DURATION
    • 205 EPISODES

    4.1 from 110 ratings Listeners of Off The Hook that love the show mention: wbai, emmanuel, privacy, technology, show, lot, good, topics, great.


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    The Off The Hook podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in technology, privacy, and politics. I have been a devoted listener for several years now and it never fails to deliver thought-provoking content. Whether you're a tech-savvy individual or just someone who wants to stay informed, this show has something for everyone.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the dynamic and engaging interactions between the hosts. Their chemistry is evident and it adds an extra layer of enjoyment to each episode. They are able to cover a wide range of topics, both big and small, in an informative yet entertaining manner. The stories they put together on the week's news are well-researched and provide valuable insights.

    Moreover, the longevity of this show is remarkable. With roots dating back to the 1980s, it has consistently been a reliable source of weekly information on security and public knowledge. This track record speaks volumes about its credibility and relevance. It's no wonder why loyal fans like myself keep coming back for more.

    On the flip side, one potential downside is that at times, the show can delve too deeply into obscure topics that may not be of interest to all listeners. While this can be fascinating for those who enjoy exploring niche subjects like ham radio or hacking/phreaking, it may alienate some audiences who are looking for more mainstream tech discussions.

    In conclusion, The Off The Hook podcast is an excellent show that combines technology with social issues in a way that makes you think. It provides unique perspectives that you won't find in mainstream media and offers an ear-opening experience for both technically savvy individuals and those less knowledgeable in the field. Emmanuel's passion truly shines through and enhances the overall listening experience. I highly recommend giving this podcast a listen - you won't be disappointed!



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    Latest episodes from Off The Hook

    Off The Hook - Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 54:33


    Man held captive for his bitcoin, Trump's crypto dinner, messaging ex-Signal users, social media posts can affect student visa applications, Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene picked a fight with Grok.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 54:50


    Alex is in Barcelona, defining habeas corpus, listener phone calls, routing phone calls, John Young of Cryptome has passed away, listener email in defense of TikTok, privacy tips, getting a new landline.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 55:15


    Tiktok chromebook challenge, charter airline involved in deportation effort hacked, listener mail.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 55:04


    Real ID deadline is here, NYCLU's opposition, privacy concerns, listener email, interactive shows being removed from Netflix, the death of Skype.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 54:53


    An evacuation at Rob's workplace, Emmanuel is angry with Google again, strange new government domains, Milwaukee judge arrested, Stony Brook grant cancelled, USAID devices will no longer be collected.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 54:29


    Alex is in Geneva Switzerland, crosswalks hacked in Seattle, late night silver alert targets landlines in Suffolk County, Pete Hegseth disclosed sensitive info in yet another Signal group chat, DOGE may have caused a security breach at labor board.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 54:06


    Notorious websites targeted in hacks, Zoom outage, more legal firms cave to Trump, listener phone calls.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 54:22


    Virgil Griffith has been released from prison, Trump instructs Justice Department to go after his enemies, YouTube removes "gender identity" from hate speech policy, DOGE using AI to identify anti-Trump sentiment.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 53:52


    No Overtime tonight, more MSG facial recognition craziness, law firms make deal with Trump, Twitter user records leaked, openSNP is shutting down, worst quarter ever for crypto industry hacks.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 54:17


    Alex is in London, discussing the bombshell news that senior government officials were discussing classified war plans in a Signal chat group that inadvertently included a journalist.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 54:07


    Call in show, are corporations turning evil, Looney Tunes test for self driving cars, Tesla hacked and owners doxed, listener phone calls, Virgil Griffith will be released from prison in 21 days.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 54:32


    A warning to college students, 2600's Twitter account locked, comparing the viewpoints on different social media platforms.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 54:15


    Skype is cancelled, Jason Scott joins the panel to discuss the mission of the Internet Archive and the effort to archive government data before it disappears from the Internet.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 55:24


    A hacker's view of the Super Bowl, Trump wants to kill NYC's congestion pricing, a crisis, DOGE website hacked, listener email.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 53:48


    Off The Hook - Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 55:20


    Parallels between Belarus and the US, new .gov domain registrations, outing the conspirators, Musk employees now control US government computers, listener email.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 55:22


    Alex is in London, listener email, hacking and politics, Elon's Nazi salute, Facebook and Instagram weirdness, the need for fact checking, Cyber Security Review Board members fired, TLAs and FLAs.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 54:11


    Alex is in London, Gila joined Bluesky, big tech is ingratiating itself to the new administration, congestion pricing has gone into effect in NYC, listener phone calls, judge ends bid to dig up landfill.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 55:07


    Interesting phone announcements, important Hulu news, today is WBAI's 65th anniversary, Facebook is ending its fact checking program, AI was used to plan Tesla cybertruck explosion, financially motivated hacking crimes.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 01 Jan 2025 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 53:59


    Facebook to flood platform with AI-driven characters, cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel, Stephen King's radio stations rescued from closure, a look back at 2024 and predictions for 2025, listener email.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 54:44


    Christmas and Hanukkah are on the same day this year, OTH will be on the air on WBAI's 65th anniversary, listener mail, more drone news, Indiana bakery using Commodore 64s as cash registers, Arizona schools using AI to teach children, issues with robotic news, Vivek Ramaswamy's Twitter account hacked, popular doorbell cams easy to hack.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 55:16


    Ham humor, more drone news, listener phone calls.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 50:59


    Mysterious drone sightings, Google unveils new quantum processor, questions surrounding Trump's pick to head the FBI, listener email.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 55:32


    An assassination in NYC, Trump pick to head FBI successfully hacked by foreign spies, Chinese state hackers infiltrated telecoms in dozens of countries, preserving area code 207, Stephen King's radio stations going off the air.

    Off The Hook - Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 55:17


    Fighting scammers with AI, FedEx customer service replaced by AI, Trump bypassing background checks for political appointees, checking URLs, data breach from Andrew Tate's online university.

    Off The Hook - Nov 20, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 55:12


    Alex is back from Bangkok, six words that lead to getting hacked, Google has a culture of concealment, Matt Gaetz misconduct report accessed by unknown individual, people are fleeing Twitter for Bluesky.

    Off The Hook - Nov 13, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 55:52


    Alex is still in Bangkok, a rough road ahead, mother forced to install tracking software on son's phone, Twitter changes terms of service to allow training AI, menstrual health tracking app pledges never to share info with authorities.

    Off The Hook - Nov 06, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 58:12


    Alex is in Bangkok, comments on the presidential election and what's to come.

    Off The Hook - Oct 30, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 56:06


    Clips from the past, more on the pouches used in schools to prevent cellphone use, Chinese hackers targeting Trump and Harris campaign phones, businesses sue FTC to block new "click to cancel" rule.

    Off The Hook - Oct 23, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 54:51


    Alex is at Columbia University, an update on the Internet Archive, San Francisco light rail control system finally ditching floppy disks, listener email on controlling PixMob bracelets, Facebook extorting users, parents object to plan to prevent cellphone use in schools.

    Off The Hook - Oct 16, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 55:49


    The past week's adventures, stadium tech, Facebook hacks, hacked robot vacuums, phone problems, hiring North Korean cyber criminals, Pokemon game leak, AI issues in school, Internet Archive hacked.

    Off The Hook - Oct 09, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 53:41


    Listener comments on last week's segments on right to repair and hurricane Helene, more disinformation, attacking NOAA, Alex's sister Rachel joins the panel from Ft. Myers Florida to discuss the approaching hurricane Milton.

    Off The Hook Overtime - Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:00:00 EST

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 60:08


    Off The Hook - Oct 02, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 56:13


    Greg Newby joins the panel, reporter suspended from Twitter for publishing Vance dossier, Trump hackers impersonated Ginni Thomas, paralyzed man unable to walk after maker of powered exoskeleton refuses to repair it, Greg recounts his experience with hurricane Helene.

    Off The Hook - Sep 25, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 55:30


    Iranian hackers tried to give Trump data to Biden campaign, labeling Trump's lies as "disputed" on Twitter makes supporters believe them more, Kaspersky replaces their software with UltraAV, Delaware public library servers hacked.

    Off The Hook - Sep 18, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 55:11


    Third party Twitter app hacked, Israeli attack on Hezbollah pagers, investigating BAC Consulting, infiltrating the TOR network, listener email.

    Off The Hook - Sep 11, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 54:34


    Remembering 9/11, excerpts from the first post-9/11 show, individual memories of that day, Elon Musk in the spotlight again, Tenet Media funded by Russia to spread propaganda.

    Off The Hook - Sep 04, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 54:27


    Twitter banned in Brazil, Brazilians flock to Bluesky, tensions with Starlink, fandom accounts impacted, the impact of disinformation around the world, Telegram CEO arrested in France, Facebook blocks news links in Canada.

    Off The Hook - Aug 28, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 54:43


    Alex is in Spain, Emmanuel and Kyle are back in the studio, mourning the loss of WCBS, huge data leak exposes millions of social security numbers, bicycle vulnerabilities, police using AI to write crime reports.

    Off The Hook - Aug 21, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 53:02


    Volt4ire is back, The Gibson and c0debabe join the panel to discuss the Veilid project, Defcon and BSides, Veilid chat, Hackers for Harris, the Keep the Vote project, Phrack publishes a new issue, Google punishes sites that block AI bot, Snoo Smart Bassinet angers parents by paywalling features.

    Off The Hook - Aug 14, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 51:35


    Skype problems, Emmanuel and Kyle are on the road returning from Defcon, "visual inspections" in Las Vegas hotel rooms, Trump campaign hack, WCBS FM is ceasing operations.

    Off The Hook - Aug 07, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 52:12


    Emmanuel and Kyle are in Los Angeles, taking a train across the county with 200lbs of luggage, attending Defcon, 50 year anniversary of an event in NYC, judge rules against Google in antitrust case, remembering those we've lost, an update on Virgil Griffith's sentence.

    Off The Hook - Jul 31, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 56:00


    Protecting yourself from scams, Ticketmaster breach notifications, UK election agency hacked by China, MLS hack, Starbucks "hack", Logitech wants to sell a mouse subscription, listener email, Google backpedals on blocking third party cookies.

    Off The Hook - Jul 24, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 53:47


    AT&T breach exposes data of virtually all wireless customers, authorities were able to access Trump shooter's phone with help from Celebrite, an update on Virgil Griffith's sentence, flawed Crowdstrike update causes global chaos.

    Off The Hook - Jul 03, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 55:52


    The Trump immunity ruling, how technology has eroded democracy, court must approve lyrics of rapper on supervised release, election database hacked, Paramount deletes decades of online content, listener email.

    Off The Hook - Jun 26, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 50:13


    A late start, Alex is in London, Julian Assange has been freed from prison, the plea deal is a threat to journalism, hearing took place in US Territory of Saipan, backlash to the reach of US law, tomorrow's historic presidential debate, Seattle's Living Computers Museum is closing for good.

    Off The Hook - Jun 19, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 54:29


    Off The Hook is on this week after all, keeping cool during a heat wave, smartphone problems, the advantages of older technology, flip phone sales are surging, high school memories, listener email, today is Juneteenth.

    Off The Hook - Jun 12, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 53:41


    Old phone sounds, YouTube complaints, the pervasiveness of advertising, the Windows Recall controversy, "AI" is creeping into everything, NY introduces Mobile ID, listener email.

    Off The Hook - Jun 05, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 55:28


    Alex is in Austin, Ticketmaster has had a bad couple of weeks, the case for privacy in financial transactions, TikTok DMs could contain malware, listener email, YouTube and the washing machine chime scandal.

    Off The Hook - May 29, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 54:37


    Television problems, radio is still a thing, listener email, the benefits of using a VPN, foreign phone problems, woman sued over image of room.

    Off The Hook - May 08, 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 55:55


    Alex is in NYC, RFK Jr's brain worm, radio isn't dead yet, hacker happenings, Senator Lindsay Graham's phone may have been hacked, old news, one third of Americans' data compromised in United Healthcare hack, fraudulent Taylor Swift tickets on Facebook, the Eurovision song contest.

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