Off The Hook - Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:00:00 EST

Alex is back in NY, warnings about AI, how much is hype vs realty, who do we trust, what can we do now.

Alex is out, LG TVs caught snooping, what's changed since 9/11, lifting some airport restrictions, documents released regarding air quality after 9/11.

Everyone is still sick, Alex is in Greece, listener email, new AI rules for school kids in NYC, Flock camera bans.

Still recovering from HOPE, everyone's sick, listener phone calls, explaining technical terms, X10 home automation, fighting against the commercialization of the Internet.

Post HOPE show, the panel reminisces about their favorite moments of the con, music from the conference, YouTube takes down conference streams, march to the old Hotel Penn site, moderating panels, interacting with people on the street, Renoly Santiago spoke about filming Hackers.

Efrat Sternberg, LambdaCalculus & Kusanagi join the panel to discuss the upcoming HOPE conference, Delta WiFi incident, rewilding the internet, defending against stalkerware, volunteering at HOPE, Hackers Got Talent, some talks to forward to.

Emmanuel has had a day, the weather, rogue AIs, listener phone calls.

Fauci testifies before Congress, US citizen charged with felony for deleting phone data, GrapheneOS.

The first annual Phone Con, software bug registers non citizens to vote in NJ, LG to ban residential proxies from smart TV apps, harvest now decrypt later.

Skeleton crew today, Canada is on fire, NY imposes moratorium on new data centers, FCC approves sun reflecting satellite, another habeas corpus win, World Cup shenanigans, listener email, more MSG news.