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- 01 / 11 / 2023 -
Arseny rejoins the show for the first time since 2008, Arseny has been living in Russia and was forced to relocate recently, the challenges in using money there, how the mindset of the right to repair is the default in Russia, why there are few hackerspaces in Russia, comparisons to how people fix things in Cuba, what St. Petersburg is known for, Alex and Arseny try to figure out how they know each other, an update from Twitter on user info being sold online, a somewhat contradictory statement from Twitter, how some people who should know better only communicate through Twitter, possible ways to protect personal identity on Twitter, Kyle's advice on how to keep data obscured on Twitter, how we're encouraged to be suspicious in person and revealing online, the LastPass breach of December, California's brilliant idea to digitize license plates, the inevitable hacking of this system has already taken place, Arseny describes the process of getting a license in Russia, how passengers in taxis can be searched by police, the idea for a Spartacus license plate, QR code hacking, it's the tenth anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz, thoughts from Alex on Aaron and what he stood for.
Overtime: Low levels again on YouTube, Ring cameras being taken over remotely, what "Ring swatting" is, how this isn't really about hacking, ways people can protect themselves, Kyle explains how there isn't enough teaching going on in the community, Emmanuel tries to figure out why a refrigerator would need to be on the Internet, a new Louisiana law will require ID in order to view porn, trying to isolate a beeping sound, defining what pornography is, wondering how the rest of the world is supposed to handle this Louisiana law, a Chick-fil-A app hack, Emmanuel's idea for what to do at Chick-fil-A sites on Sundays, a TikTok "hack" with a million views is about nothing more than putting McDonald's fries in a cup instead of a bag, Rebel is in California, why it's a good idea for everything in cars to be located in the same place, Emmanuel tells Rebel how to strengthen his VoIP connection using his voice, thoughts on using VPNs, Rob announces a memorial for Jim at the next 2600 meeting in New York City, the impressive remodeling at the Citigroup Center, Kyle explains the importance of writing articles for 2600, listener thoughts on the tenth anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz, what we have all lost as a result of this, Alex draws parallels to the Virgil Griffith case, Rob remembers the time Aaron came to the show, Emmanuel learns that Aaron helped invent RSS at 14, Mastodon updates.
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January 11
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- 01 / 18 / 2023 -
Alex is in London, an introduction to ChatGPT, how this could be a revolutionary advance, Emmanuel asks ChatGPT to write a poem on the subject of computer hacking, judging the quality of the created work, an essay on the history of the M32 bus line done as a Shakespearean sonnet, Gila reads what ChatGPT came back with for her request for a villanelle on hacking, repetition that can be found in the results, the irony of ChatGPT demanding proof that a user is human, a ChatGPT-created song about working in an Amazon warehouse, trying to come up with a question that will break ChatGPT, asking ChatGPT if it's happy as artificial intelligence, five ChatGPT jokes about noncommercial radio that fall flat , ChatGPT's ideas for destroying artificial intelligence, asking if the 2020 election was stolen, why people should support WBAI in the words of artificial intelligence, a limerick about WBAI, Gila commits to coming up with a better limerick before the end of the show, getting ChatGPT to write an essay on the American Revolution for school, Emmanuel and Gila compare results to the exact same question, some facts about WBAI that ChatGPT got wrong, Gila's limerick proves to be impressive, another lawyer is kicked out of Madison Square Garden by facial recognition rules imposed against a specific law firm by owner James Dolan, thinking of ways to ban James Dolan from various places, a ChatGPT signoff for the show.
Overtime: Alex didn't make it, leaving the phone off the hook to avoid premature calls, Kyle describes how we could be moving towards a living hell, asking artificial intelligence if artificial intelligence is a good thing, Rebel is in Florida, a call to the White House, getting put on hold, robot voices that are used in YouTube videos, the trouble Gila had getting a computerized voice to say her name correctly, Emmanuel asks ChatGPT to write a hacker movie script, the script is revised to a David Lynch style, the concern over getting replaced by artificial intelligence, Emmanuel's views as an editor on ChatGPT, news of an app that can detect whether something was written by artificial intelligence, a final revision on the film, a refusal from ChatGPT.
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January 18
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- 01 / 25 / 2023 -
Promotions for the radio station, Arseny joins the show again after flying in from London, Lorax from Distributed Denial of Secrets is the guest, ChatGPT passed an MBA exam, how this new technology could adversely affect Google, a student at Princeton has written an app to determine whether pieces were written by a human or by artificial intelligence, why staying away from ChatGPT isn't the right thing to do, more on abuse of facial recognition technology by James Dolan and Madison Square Garden, T-Mobile has customer data hacked, nobody can figure out how to turn the lights off at a Massachusetts high school, some hacker solutions to this, Lorax describes a leak of over a million names of people on the no-fly list, how this list came from a small airline, what happens to people who find themselves on the no-fly list, why the full list wasn't published, what Shodan is, the pushback that DDoSecrets gets for its policy on releasing information, comparison to the policies of Wikileaks, how people can reach DDoSecrets, some of the more humorous requests received by DDoSecrets for the no-fly list, how the ddosecrets.com domain still can't be typed on Twitter, the show is off next week, a reminder about 2600 meetings next week.
Overtime: Gila's warning about urban exploration which is related to why she was late tonight, Emmanuel asks ChatGPT to write a poem about the no-fly list, Arseny asks how much info is too much to be released, Lorax explains where the lines are drawn, what led Lorax to get involved with DDoSecrets, how people's identities are protected when sharing information with them, how DDoSecrets was recently featured in the Financial Times, some of the alleged terrorists that were found on the no-fly list, why the list isn't generally made public, why the show has a toll-free number, facts about calling the White House, why it's a bad idea to call forged Caller ID numbers, Rebel has difficulty making a three-way call, there was a massive computer outage that grounded flights recently, trying to solve volume issues on YouTube, how people can help DDoSecrets, an update on 2600 meetings taking place next Friday, Rob describes how the New York City meeting will include a memorial for Jim.
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January 25
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