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- 01 / 06 / 16 -

What's unique about 2016, the Twitter limit may go up to 10,000 characters, literacy today, how timing has changed, the usefulness of Twitter and what may come next, how cable television networks have homogenized over time, new Twitter regulations on speech raise some interesting questions, a hacker group intends to attack ISIS, questioning the effectiveness of denial of service attacks, a traffic sign in California is hacked by pro-Trump people, the dark web hacking forum Hell is back online, the opt-out option for TSA searches will soon be a thing of the past, what's involved in getting searched these days, figuring out which option is preferable, Mike describes a new T-Mobile plan that's a clear violation of net neutrality, people who tweet for a living, there will be an announcement concerning The Eleventh HOPE tomorrow.

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January 6
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- 01 / 13 / 16 -

Trouble hearing each other, Emmanuel is using a phone from 1937 while Kyle is on one from the 1950s, Emmanuel's idea about alternative ways to spend the $1.5 billion from tonight's Lotto drawing, an outlandish sentence of 334 years in prison for the equivalent of credit card fraud, ways people can protect themselves from having their accounts compromised, Emmanuel looks for advice on what to do with someone who committed fraud on one of his credit card accounts, a potential weakness on the new chip cards being sent to credit card customers, The Eleventh HOPE is halfway sold out after a day of ticket sales, Bernie describes HOPE workshops, describing and comparing the various phones being used tonight, hacks that involve Twitter accounts of James Clapper and Jeremy Corbyn, a pregnancy test via Bluetooth, the security risks involved in using fingerprints to unlock phones, a call from Rebel.

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January 13
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- 01 / 20 / 16 -

A proposed law in New York would have encryption abilities seriously restricted, how it's actually easier to track people down today than in the past, other examples of similar types of bills, questioning who is actually behind such things, what this is a warning for, why it's important to keep talking about this, how to mess with privacy invasions, some thoughts on Nest and some of its unusual arbitration clauses under Google, some issues with Ring, old-fashioned fire alarm boxes prove effective, Google is taking over Pier 57 in New York where Emmanuel was locked up in 2004, a call from a hackerspace in Oregon.

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January 20
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- 01 / 27 / 16 -

Thoughts on listeners and listener mail, Mike demonstrates security on his phone while Emmanuel tries to overcome it, what's possible with physical access to someone's phone, an example of security failure within Amazon, Bernie explains why GPS isn't tracking us, looking forward to The Eleventh HOPE, less human contact at banks, Kyle disassembles his Blackberry, entrusting companies with biometric data, the possibility that it may one day be illegal to use a fake name on Facebook, demonizing people who want to remain anonymous, there will be a two-hour fundraising show next week.

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