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- 07 / 03 / 02 -

A different version of the theme, H2K2 draws closer, Rop reports on the Ruckus camp, over 70 panels are scheduled for H2K2, memories of the first HOPE conference, inspiration from the Dutch, trying to come up with a name for the 2005 Dutch conference, the annual Reagan deathwatch, paranoia over terrorism in the United States, update on the alert system, New York City changes its color independently, the end of the World Cup and how American TV coverage differed from the rest of the world, the "other" World Cup final, Eric Grimm and Robin Gross give updates on the legal cases 2600 is involved in, Ford concedes defeat, how losing this case would have set a bad precedent, how the DeCSS case was distorted by the press, what has changed over the past couple of days, 2600 announces that it won't pursue the DeCSS case to the Supreme Court, how public perception has changed, lessons learned on how to dress in court, the Sonic Blue/ReplayTV case, skipping commercials is compared to theft, upcoming panels at H2K2 will feature Grimm and Gross, some strange laws governing the playing of music in commercial establishments, possible problems with parents controlling what their children are exposed to, a strange question about fiber optic cable.

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July 3
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- 07 / 10 / 02 -

The final show before the H2K2 conference, Cheshire Catalyst reminisces about the registration desk at the first HOPE conference, Emmanuel and Ben reveal how the original name was conceived, Barry the Key talks about an adventure in his airplane to the States, Porkchop talks about the crazy building situation downstairs, Bernie S. talks about the monumental adventure with FedEx trying to get the registration badges delivered, Emmanuel's experience with a maxed out credit card that almost led to disaster for the conference, strange reactions to September 11, Autojack and Trash 80 talk about their upcoming shows at the conference, the full schedule of panels and performances is completed, a film lineup and unscheduled speakers are also planned, how the film "Swordfish" got its name, Adam discusses the network situation, figuring out how to get Roadie's U-Haul parked in the city as it continues to approach, Renderman and Porkchop tell how many wireless networks were found in a recent scan, how people offer free access to the net using their cable modems, Chris gives an update on the A/V situation, a massive H2K2 banner has been made along with smaller NSA-themed ones, more logistical information, the saga of the subway maps, Rebel has a question concerning what number shows up on his cellular phone, an explanation of how the 2600 streaming of the WBAI signal works, clarification on where the Martians landed, NRO people to attend the conference, dogs and Caller ID, Mr. Ohm talks about the retro-computing panel.

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July 10
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- 07 / 17 / 02 -

The aftermath of the H2K2 conference, Greg Newby gives an overview of the various activities, review of The Mentor's talk, trying to reach Lazlow, a look at some press reports, how a BBC report was corrected, Lucky225 tells how social engineering was used to get inside information about AT&T, what happened during the social engineering panel, problems caused by AT&T, Bernie S. talks about the various hassles with the phone company, the effectiveness of Aaron McGruder's keynote address, Hanneke tells of her first experience at a New York conference, Autojack gives his impressions of the conference, the inspiration of the various European conferences, plans for a German hacker conference in the summer of 2003, an increase in female attendees, Mike claims that women were uncomfortable at the conference, Geoff gives his views of the highlights, how a shortwave radio show was broadcast over the Internet at the conference, a new bill will give life imprisonment to "malicious" computer hackers, an increased penalty for listening in on wireless phone calls, the security perspective of the conference, the Gameboy music performance.

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July 17
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- 07 / 24 / 02 -

An invitation for pictures and feedback from H2K2, Kevin Mitnick's true freedom day is less than six months away, Jim reports on an article from Time Out New York on the conference, feedback on the conference from attendees, more on female presence at H2K2, a reading of a memo concerning the social engineering panel, a ruling against anti-abortion websites, searching for Bin Laden on the net, Al Qaeda accused of hiding messages via steganography, the beginning of Operation TIPS, the parallel of current events to "Babylon 5," the current alert level, WorldCom goes bankrupt, Cingular accused of frightening WorldCom customers into changing their phone company, the value of keeping old phone books, a phone story concerning Wally Cox, clarification on the Cingular GSM situation, "Freedom Downtime" is shown in Los Angeles, Mayor Bloomberg's phone number is supposedly in the 1999 phone book.

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July 24
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- 07 / 31 / 02 -

How everyone can participate in the new Operation TIPS program, a list of local citizen corps groups, suspicious activities on Wall Street, more on the dangers of supermarkets monitoring their customers' buying habits, more on "Babylon 5" parallels to real life events, an online debate with the author, a congressman supports giving the MPAA and RIAA broad new powers to attack computers of people suspected of piracy, Emmanuel reports Jim for suspicious statements, Yale accuses Princeton of breaking into their website, ways of invading student privacy, Mr. Ohm tries to turn himself in for smuggling a dangerous object onto an airplane, MCI refuses to stop calling Emmanuel with sales calls, a Sprint relay call, the real dangers of a program like Operation TIPS.

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July 31
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