Off The Hook - Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 EST

Alex is in Germany, your Costco membership card is not a REAL ID, listener email, dispelling German train myths, listener phone calls, passport cards, social media snooping, ICE trackers, burner phones.

No Kings Day experiences, Ford recall, the dark side of AI, unnecessary app permissions, listener mail, a thirty year old warning, Facebook woes, hold music.

Alex is in Prague, NY lawmakers vote to prevent NYPD from blocking access to radio communications, burning Waymos, the LA protests, the Posse Comitatus Act, No Kings day, enlisting AI's help.

White House investigating hacked Chief of Staff's phone, DIA employee caught attempting to leak information, ICE arrests at immigration courts, Trump asks Palantir to compile data on every American.

Man held captive for his bitcoin, Trump's crypto dinner, messaging ex-Signal users, social media posts can affect student visa applications, Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene picked a fight with Grok.

Alex is in Barcelona, defining habeas corpus, listener phone calls, routing phone calls, John Young of Cryptome has passed away, listener email in defense of TikTok, privacy tips, getting a new landline.

Tiktok chromebook challenge, charter airline involved in deportation effort hacked, listener mail.

Real ID deadline is here, NYCLU's opposition, privacy concerns, listener email, interactive shows being removed from Netflix, the death of Skype.

An evacuation at Rob's workplace, Emmanuel is angry with Google again, strange new government domains, Milwaukee judge arrested, Stony Brook grant cancelled, USAID devices will no longer be collected.

Alex is in Geneva Switzerland, crosswalks hacked in Seattle, late night silver alert targets landlines in Suffolk County, Pete Hegseth disclosed sensitive info in yet another Signal group chat, DOGE may have caused a security breach at labor board.