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- 12 / 07 / 16 -

Hackers were third runner-up in this year's Time Magazine "Person of the Year," a long list of offenses against hackers, taking issue with the generalizations, Emmanuel's year-end prediction last year seems to have come true, an excerpt from an episode of the show back in 2000 where Emmanuel is talking about how Donald Trump wouldn't make a good politician, Bernie warns of the effects a solar storm could have on technology, Lisha Sterling and John Bigelow join the conversation from the protest against the pipeline at Standing Rock, Lisha's talk at The Eleventh HOPE, a blizzard hit the camp recently, a permit is denied for further construction, where this apparent victory leaves things, Lisha describes some of the land issues, John talks about dealing with the mass media, what the coverage from other countries has been like, the parallel to hacker camps and the differences, why Internet is intentionally not in all parts of the camp, John describes how the Lakota people embrace new technology, how social media was used in positive ways, Lisha describes what was involved in setting up telecommunications, the cultural education that has been gained through all of this, the radio station that's being set up at the camp, John warns of the extremely harsh environment facing anyone who comes to join the camp, how people can help from other places, what Geeks Without Bounds is all about and how people can get involved.

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December 7
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- 12 / 14 / 16 -

Trouble keeping a phone connection with Bernie, good feedback to last week's show, how to prank McDonald's using their wireless drive-up devices, the possibility that order takers are actually in a different country, the story of a college professor in hiding after criticizing Trump, how lists are likely to play a big part in what's ahead, how professorwatchlist.org is an ominous example of this, ways to mess with this service, a surprise fundraiser, a positive update on premiums, Ilann Maazel joins the conversation, Ilann's work with Jill Stein getting recounts of the election going, the refusal by authorities to look for evidence of hacked voting machines, the huge impediments to recounts in Pennsylvania, why recounts are so complicated, the oddity of 4000 people who apparently didn't vote for anybody in any race, the importance of supporting recounts, how people can support the station. This show includes limited fundraising.

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December 14
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- 12 / 21 / 16 -

A billion Yahoo accounts are hacked, how this is affecting the takeover of Yahoo by Verizon, the connection to the DNC hack, ways to avoid being affected by such things, how to create unique passwords that are secure, examples of Emmanuel's phone invading his privacy, calls for more surveillance in the wake of a terrorist attack in Berlin, why there are less video cameras in Germany, a German move to fine publishers of fake news, one way to deal with the epidemic of fake news, a flight is disrupted by the hotspot name of "Galaxy Note 7" that appeared, why this is an overreaction, trying to solve a listener's phone mystery, a listener recommends a password storage system.

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December 21
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- 12 / 28 / 16 -

It's the last show of the year, a look back at the predictions that were made by the crew a year ago along with new predictions from everyone for next year, thoughts on the dark web and impending legislation, suggestions on how to impact the Trump inauguration, a call for dissent, attempts to criminalize congressional dissent such as that seen earlier in the year when C-SPAN cameras were turned off, a murder case involves an Amazon Echo device, Alexa from Amazon joins the conversation, testing some of Alexa's knowledge, theorizing on future uses for this device, the size of the universe, the value of pi, Kyle describes some unnecessary challenges in setting Alexa up, an impromptu song, how Alexa can help visually impaired people, some final words from Alexa.

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December 28
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