Off The Hook (low-bitrate)

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.

Alex is in NYC, RFK Jr's brain worm, radio isn't dead yet, hacker happenings, Senator Lindsay Graham's phone may have been hacked, old news, one third of Americans' data compromised in United Healthcare hack, fraudulent Taylor Swift tickets on Facebook, the Eurovision song contest.

Emmanuel and Kyle are back in the studio, the Columbia University protests, FCC fines Pacifica for underwriting violations, perusing old Off The Hook shows, listener email.

Emmanuel and Kyle are on the road traveling back from viewing the eclipse, Alex is in Boston, visiting Washington DC, AI generated television, reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the state of radio in the rest of the country, outro: "Disinformation Overload" by Jason Didner.

AI Joe Biden endorses the HOPE conference, Emmanuel and Kyle are on assignment, Oregon governor signs nation's first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing, jails banned visits in “quid pro quo” with prison phone companies, Emma Best from DDoSecrets joins the panel to discuss new data related to WikiLeaks, outro: "Press the Yellow Key" by Todd Mazierski.

Alex is in a cab in London, Justice Department considering whether to allow Julian Assange to plead guilty to reduced charges, YouTube adds new policies for AI generated content, Apple may use Google AI in iPhones.

Alex is in London, House passes bill to ban TikTok, Elon Musk cancels talk show over interview, listener mail, menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy.

University vending machines discovered to have facial recognition technology, Epic Games hackers admit they made it all up, man hacked government auction site to buy cars for one dollar, Florida official's husband arrested for Fox News hack, OpenAI accused The New York Times of hacking ChatGPT.