Off The Hook - Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:00:00 EST

Short staffed, man sentenced to prison for AI-assisted music streaming fraud, bill introduced to ban Flock cameras, protecting AM radio, ICE blocked from making arrests at courthouses, listener mail, ICANN reveals new gTLDs.

Kyle is still out, more info on the ShinyHunters FBI hack, FBI wants to open a dialog, concern for the hackers, more revelations about AI going rogue, listener phone calls.

Kyle is in the Pacific Northwest, Alex explains his absence two weeks ago, air traffic control problems, Trump renames AI, flaws in the system, FBI hacked by ShinyHunters, Australia considering ban on smart glasses.

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.