Off The Hook

The last show before election day, predictions about what might happen, the Electoral College is broken, NYC early voting locations, Trump campaign website defaced, Fort Bragg officials falsely claim their Twitter account was hacked, an update on the threatening Proud Boys emails.

Jason Scott joins the OTH panel this week, hackers "jump scare" gamers, reminiscing about voice mail hacking, dealing with old file formats, C-SPAN host admits to lying about his Twitter account being hacked, voters threatened via email, Yahoo groups shutting down for good.

Extended 90 minute show, guest Cory Doctorow discusses his new book Attack Surface, the problem with Audible, morality in tech, it's Off The Hook's 32nd anniversary, the "chickenization" of industries.

Why do hackers hack? The first presidential debate, open source software and moral dilemmas, unusual moves in the Senate, an update on Julian Assange, a remake of the movie Hackers.

The physical version of the 2600 Summer issue is finally available, Louisville braces for protests after charges are announced in Breonna Taylor death, sleazy politics, hackers blamed in death of German woman, backlash after publishing company conducts tone-deaf phishing test, listener emails.

Venturing back out into the world for the first time in a while, an update on the TikTok employee lawsuit, 2600 cover controversy, QAnon is coopting a USPS phishing scam, tracking DNS names used for scams, Twitter questions, misinformation spread via social media.

A late start and getting our bearings, the president is a murderer, spam calls ruined contact tracing, confusing spam, a brief lesson on contract law, gaming Amazon's delivery system, sending kids back to school.

Skype account issues, flawed student contact tracing apps, zoom audio issues, the rest of the panel joins the show, comparing and contrasting the RNC and DNC, Hatch Act violations, the nation's attention deficit problem, social media's effect on discourse.

Difficulty getting on the air, criticism of the virtual DNC, attacks on the postal service, election weirdness, Senate Intelligence Committee releases report on Russian interference in 2016 election, Notepad++ banned in China, TikTok employees sue federal government over Trump's executive order banning the app.

Fun with the theme, Skype audio tweaks, listener feedback on HOPE 2020, the great Twitter hack of 2020, state sponsored hackers targeting vaccine research.