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- 10 / 01 / 08 -

It's the last day of fundraising for the program, Emmanuel will be in Quebec next week, Kevin Mitnick is on from Ohio with a story about how he was questioned on his way back into the country from Colombia, some humorous interactions with customs officials, how customs wanted full access to Kevin's laptop, how Kevin was able to protect his privacy, why giving customs the passwords for laptops is unacceptable, Bernie describes his interesting air travel experience involving a sick passenger, the unfamiliarity of a TSA worker with the new RFID passports, a rundown of the various premiums being offered tonight, an excerpt from Steve Rambam's talk at The Last HOPE, ways people can be tracked and categorized, Notkevin describes his reaction to Steve's talk, Redhackt describes a good use of surveillance with regards to laptops, an excerpt from the social engineering panel where Emmanuel contacts a Starbucks that will soon be closing, WUSB has been nominated as best college radio station by MTVU. This show includes fundraising.

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October 1
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- 10 / 08 / 08 -

Emmanuel is in Montreal, what the northern part of Quebec was like, the continuing downward spiral of the financial markets, an update on the political race in Canada, the reaction of Canadians to the American presidential race, the show did very well over the past four weeks during the fundraiser, the station still needs to raise money so the fund drive has been extended for an additional week, a rundown of premiums, this is the 20th anniversary of "Off The Hook," Emmanuel's memories of how it all got started, how the show has evolved, people in the studio talk about how they got involved with the show, the history of prison phone calls on the show, early cell phone calls on the radio, more memories from the staff, the student who hacked Sarah Palin's email is indicted, the case of a Canadian student being prosecuted for making a security hole public, memories of a particularly controversial show, people to thank, why real radio is different than Internet radio, the accessibility of the show to non-technical people, a question about health effects from cell phones. This show includes fundraising.

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October 8
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- 10 / 15 / 08 -

The show will be ending five minutes early because of tonight's presidential debate, a particularly scary weekend as Jim goes missing, the efforts that people went through to track him down, Jim spent three days in an Atlantic City casino and was able to return on his own, the New York City police have no email address, how Jim was able to survive, why Jim's escape was completely understandable and why it's time to get him into a better place, the many people who have been helping out, Bernie gets a funny call from the cops in response to the situation, yet another catastrophic day on Wall Street, the show did well during all five weeks of fundraising, John McCain has a run-in with YouTube, Emmanuel records his conversation with a border patrol agent while coming back from Canada, debating whether or not the conversation should be played on the air, a listener idea on future fundraising, Emmanuel makes a decision on playing the recording based on listener feedback, a hard to find telephone-related song.

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October 15
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- 10 / 22 / 08 -

Playing with a Sarah Palin website, Tiffany Rad is in the studio, Tiffany gave a talk on RFID at The Last HOPE, the potential voting problems ahead, the new issue of 2600 has a picture of a mechanical voting machine on the cover, New York is the only state left with these machines, the many ways people can get confused in the voting booth, very basic problems with electronic voting systems, Tiffany tells of a security breach involving voting machines in her home state of Maine, why people should watch "Hacking Democracy," a massive voter purge has apparently taken place in New York, debating what the best voting system is, Emmanuel wonders if the Florida votes from 2000 were ever actually recounted, Barack Obama buys ad space inside video games, a conviction regarding theft of virtual goods in the Netherlands, the FBI has people playing video games looking for terrorists, the French president has his bank account accessed by unauthorized people, what a straw buyer is, an update on Jim, the possibility of getting Jim into a better facility, fear of what may happen to early votes, Tiffany is on her way to Pumpcon, predictions of history being made in a couple of weeks.

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October 22
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- 10 / 29 / 08 -

A large crowd tonight, Marc Tobias is in the studio, a website to find out your voter registration status in New York, reading Hillary Clinton's information using public records, doing the same thing to Bill O'Reilly, how George W. Bush made Barack Obama's campaign possible, various opinions on the race, a website devoted to things that are younger than John McCain, the erratic nature of the McCain campaign, encouraging people to vote, Bernie talks about how voters in Pennsylvania are being reached out to, Obama's use of SMS technology to get the word out, strange events are ahead tonight, Juintz provides a website for voter registration status in New Jersey, Marc reveals a much easier way to find such sites, Bernie has a similar site for Pennsylvania, a listener perspective on what is wrong with certain electronic voting machines, discussing what if any penalty should be given for someone trying to hack a voting machine, a clarification on last week's discussion about the Florida recount, a scary Sprint 800 number, a paper on Al Qaeda's use of mobile technology and sites like Twitter, a case of virtual murder.

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October 29
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