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- 08 / 02 / 17 -

It's the last week of the summer fundraiser, the ongoing issues the radio station is having with the Empire State Building, Alex remembers a previous WBAI battle where police were inside the station, Rob describes some of the historic data storage paintings he's creating, Rob did a Livestream while he was painting, hackers are targeting Internet-connected car washes, Emmanuel tries to take an anti-hacker stance, an electronic voting machine challenge at Defcon, eavesdropping with Alexa, Facebook bots develop their own language. This show includes fundraising.

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August 2
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- 08 / 09 / 17 -

Kyle and Emmanuel are on the west coast, Emmanuel is confused as to where exactly they are due to the weather conditions, security expert Sandy Clark joins the conversation to discuss the recent Defcon voting machine challenge, the many vulnerabilities that were found, how the voting machines were obtained, the importance of paper ballots, the challenge in getting voting machine vendors to cooperate, the rules behind the hacking challenge, a rundown of premiums available tonight, the arrest of the person who stopped the WannaCry ransomware attack, Alex reads the indictment, some interesting domain names that have been recently registered concerning North Korea. This show includes fundraising.

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August 9
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- 08 / 16 / 17 -

Kyle and Emmanuel are chasing the eclipse, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai from Motherboard is the guest, Lorenzo describes the scene at the arraignment of Marcus Hutchins (MalwareTech) in Milwaukee, analyzing why the government has taken such an interest in this person, trying to determine who the un-indicted co-conspirator is, a rundown of what happened during the proceedings, how this type of thing will discourage participation in the hacker and security worlds, Alex analyzes the counts against Hutchins, how a sense of humor is prevailing, the DMCA is used against Ad-Blocker, malware used to hack the DNC and Ukraine in 2014, not mentioning Trump.

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August 16
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- 08 / 23 / 17 -

Emmanuel gives an update on where he and Kyle have been for the past couple of weeks, the allure of New Orleans, how much Alex wound up paying for eclipse glasses, how Kyle and Emmanuel managed to see the total eclipse in a place called Goodlettsville, what totality is like, when the next eclipses will take place, impressions of the Deep South, meeting neighbors during disasters, government requests for info on visitors to disruptj20.org, trying to figure out why this site was targeted, the dailystormer.com site is having trouble finding a host, Alex discusses the hotbed of privacy issues in the 1970s, changes to the privacy policy on smart speakers leaves some customers out in the cold, an update on Verizon and their attempts to phase out copper lines, how today's phone calls don't have the same sound quality as those in the 1950s, using old and new technology at the same time.

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August 23
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- 08 / 30 / 17 -

Kyle and Emmanuel return from traveling around the country, noise from the hallway, Emmanuel explains why Oakland is now one of his favorite cities, other cool spots that were found in Tennessee, why it means more to see "woke" people in other parts of the country, the magic of train travel, passing through Charlottesville, a look at the various contactless transit cards used in certain cities, comparing Seattle's ORCA Card to London's Oyster Card, remembering Jim's expose on the Metrocard from 1994, a doorbell interruption, a recording of ancient computerized recordings on the BART system, some annoying features of various systems, various apps used for trains and parking, a new system will launch in New York in 2019, a Russian hacking group is allegedly banned from hacking into Microsoft, questioning the logic of this legal move, analyzing the recent "Game of Thrones" hack and the actual harm it caused, a quarter of the members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council have resigned, when it's most effective to leave a job.

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August 30
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