This day in history
2004, 2014, 2019, 2023
#20yrsago Amazing Heinlein discussion on Electrolite http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/004356.html#004356
#10yrsago Victorian Transport Department calls cops on 16 year old for reporting bug that exposed customers’ personal data https://www.wired.com/2014/01/teen-reported-security-hole/
#10yrsago Shanghai hotel provides smog-masks for guests https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1upxm4/shanghai_hotels_know_how_to_pamper_you/
#5yrsago Minnesota AG’s report reveals big telcos are literally letting their infrastructure rot https://www.vice.com/en/article/wj3v5n/american-phone-companies-are-literally-letting-their-networks-fall-apart
#5yrsago Whistleblower: Amazon Ring stores your doorbell and home video feeds unencrypted and grants broad “unfettered” access to them https://theintercept.com/2019/01/10/amazon-ring-security-camera/
#5yrsago Patent trolls celebrate as Trump’s new rules breathes fresh life into parasitic grifter capitalism https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/software-patents-poised-to-make-a-comeback-under-new-patent-office-rules/2/
#5yrsago Why the hell do we continue to believe the carriers’ promises to respect our privacy? https://www.vice.com/en/article/nepx5x/we-could-easily-stop-location-data-scandals-but-we-cower-to-lobbyists-instead
#5yrsago Regardless of political affiliation, over-65s are most likely to share “fake news” (and there’s not much fake news, and it’s largely right-wing) https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/9/18174631/old-people-fake-news-facebook-share-nyu-princeton
#5yrsago El Chapo went down because his sysadmin sold him out https://gizmodo.com/the-feds-cracked-el-chapos-encrypted-communications-net-1831595734
#1yrago The learned helplessness of Pete Buttigieg https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/10/the-courage-to-govern/#whos-in-charge
