Off The Hook - Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:00:00 EST

Pushback against age verification technology, monetization of social media, listener criticism, 1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak, Iranian hacking group targeted Stryker in attack, hackers broke into FBI system, Jello Biafra hospitalized after stroke.

Alex is in Old Blighty, flight disruptions, presidential power, Anthropic pushes back against Pentagon, elected officials on Twitter, FCC encourages patriotic content.

Surviving the blizzard, impending RAM shortage, new app detects nearby smart glasses, listener phone calls.

Alex is in London, Ring cuts ties with Flock, Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files, AI agent complains about rejected code contribution, DHS wants social media sites to expose anti-ICE accounts.

Doorbell cameras and privacy concerns, Google shared info on student activist with ICE, FBI unable to access reporter's data on iPhone in lockdown mode, account passwords exposed in Epstein files.

Alex helps to free ICE detainee, anti ICE website suffers data breach, blacklisted by AI, more Jeffrey Epstein files released, university data breach.

Alex is in London, Meta blocks links to ICE list, TikTok censors videos critical of ICE, FBI investigating Minnesota Signal chat groups, listener phone calls.

Microsoft gutting employee library, ICE raids, AI awkwardness, Windows problems, skiplagging, banning UK teens from social media.

Emmanuel and Kyle are back in the studio, traveling internationally, volunteering to help ICE detainees, ICE training period reduced, we're running on an old operating system, fake Wikipedia pages, listener email, free bus service.

Listener email, hactivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage, Vietnam to force YouTube to allow skipping ads, social media "addiction" warnings, AI manipulated images, Public Domain Day, Sony patents AI "ghost player".