Off The Hook (low-bitrate)

A late start, Alex is in Sicily, the HOPE conference was this weekend, Off The Hook AMA, the ICEBlock talk, the "LA Music Festival", the DOGE talk, the Harper Reed talk.

It's conference season, Jason Scott and Kusanagi join the panel to discuss the upcoming HOPE conference, AOL is sunsetting dial up Internet service, Illinois bans AI therapists.

A verdict in the Tornado Cash trial, Google loses app store anti-trust case, Meta found guilty of illegally collecting data from a period-tracker app, parts of Constitution disappear from US website, people in positions of power doing dangerous things.

Weather challenges, Alex's Gmail is full, Blu-ray region challenges, listener mail, ICE agents, YouTube censorship, Signal messages, Tornado Cash trial.

Justice Department fires wife of ICEBlock developer, Director of Human Rights First Innovation Lab Perris Richter joins the panel to discuss their ReadyNow! app, listener phone calls.

Republicans oppose bill to prevent ICE from deporting US citizens, identification requirements for law enforcement officers, listener email, evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at ICE protest.

Twitter's Grok chatbot spewing antisemitic remarks, fake AI Marco Rubio targeting high level officials, Joshua Aaron joins the panel to discuss his ICEBlock app.

ICE tracking and reporting apps, Trump administration builds massive database of citizens, new limits on nationwide injunctions, Paramount settles with Trump over 60 Minutes lawsuit.

Alex is in Germany, your Costco membership card is not a REAL ID, listener email, dispelling German train myths, listener phone calls, passport cards, social media snooping, ICE trackers, burner phones.

No Kings Day experiences, Ford recall, the dark side of AI, unnecessary app permissions, listener mail, a thirty year old warning, Facebook woes, hold music.