This day in history

2002, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago BT claims patent over hyperlinks https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1905-bt-in-court-to-enforce-hyperlink-patent/

#10yrsago Debunking the record industry shill who said that his amendments to Canada’s proposed copyright law are no big deal https://web.archive.org/web/20120210183827/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6307/125/

#10yrsago Facebook’s funny accounting has “active users” who never use Facebook https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/those-millions-on-facebook-some-may-not-actually-visit/

#10yrsago English plainclothes police officer follows himself for 20 minutes https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9066337/CCTV-police-officer-chased-himself-after-being-mistaken-for-burglar.html

#5yrsago Internal TSA files reveal that they have no evidence the $1B “behavioral detection” program works https://theintercept.com/2017/02/08/tsas-own-files-show-doubtful-science-behind-its-behavior-screening-program/

#5yrsago Congress reintroduces YODA, a bipartisan bill that protects your right to treat devices as your property https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/02/yoda-bill-would-let-you-own-and-sell-your-devices-re-introduced-congress