Off The Hook

Skype problems, Emmanuel and Kyle are on the road returning from Defcon, "visual inspections" in Las Vegas hotel rooms, Trump campaign hack, WCBS FM is ceasing operations.

Emmanuel and Kyle are in Los Angeles, taking a train across the county with 200lbs of luggage, attending Defcon, 50 year anniversary of an event in NYC, judge rules against Google in antitrust case, remembering those we've lost, an update on Virgil Griffith's sentence.

Protecting yourself from scams, Ticketmaster breach notifications, UK election agency hacked by China, MLS hack, Starbucks "hack", Logitech wants to sell a mouse subscription, listener email, Google backpedals on blocking third party cookies.

AT&T breach exposes data of virtually all wireless customers, authorities were able to access Trump shooter's phone with help from Celebrite, an update on Virgil Griffith's sentence, flawed Crowdstrike update causes global chaos.

The Trump immunity ruling, how technology has eroded democracy, court must approve lyrics of rapper on supervised release, election database hacked, Paramount deletes decades of online content, listener email.

A late start, Alex is in London, Julian Assange has been freed from prison, the plea deal is a threat to journalism, hearing took place in US Territory of Saipan, backlash to the reach of US law, tomorrow's historic presidential debate, Seattle's Living Computers Museum is closing for good.

Off The Hook is on this week after all, keeping cool during a heat wave, smartphone problems, the advantages of older technology, flip phone sales are surging, high school memories, listener email, today is Juneteenth.

Old phone sounds, YouTube complaints, the pervasiveness of advertising, the Windows Recall controversy, "AI" is creeping into everything, NY introduces Mobile ID, listener email.

Alex is in Austin, Ticketmaster has had a bad couple of weeks, the case for privacy in financial transactions, TikTok DMs could contain malware, listener email, YouTube and the washing machine chime scandal.

Television problems, radio is still a thing, listener email, the benefits of using a VPN, foreign phone problems, woman sued over image of room.