This day in history

2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readMar 28, 2023

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#20yrsago Shirky: Why 3G is doomed https://web.archive.org/web/20030602075613/http://shirky.com/writings/permanet.html

#20yrsago Fed snoops want to wiretap the Internet https://www.theregister.com/2003/03/27/fbi_seeks_internet_telephony_surveillance/

#15yrsago Chase Mortgage leaked memo shows “cheats and tricks” used to give out unqualified mortgages https://web.archive.org/web/20080330074501/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/120658650589950.xml&coll=7

#10yrsago Editorial board of Journal of Library Administration resigns en masse in honor of Aaron Swartz https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/my-short-stint-on-the-jla-editorial-board/

#10yrsago TSA screener finds pepper spray on the floor, gasses five other screeners because he thought it was a laser-pointer https://nypost.com/2013/03/27/oops-tsa-guy-goes-spray-zy/

#10yrsago Why security awareness training is a waste of time https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/03/security_awaren_1.html

#5yrsago Data Defenders, a media literacy game about data collection and targeting for kids in grades 4–6 https://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy/educational-games/data-defenders-grades-4-6

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