This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017.

#20yrsago The Homeless Hacker https://web.archive.org/web/20020601000000*/https://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50811,00.html

#15yrsago China blocks Livejournal https://web.archive.org/web/20070308093805/https://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72872-0.html?tw=wn_index_7

#15yrsago Charlie Brooker reviews the Samsung E900 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/mar/05/digitalmedia.comment

#10yrsago TSA to nursing mother: breast-pump can’t go through security unless you pump your breasts first https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/hawaiian-mom-breast-pump-humiliated-tsa/story?id=15835844

#5yrsago TSA’s new “pat-downs” are so invasive, airports are pre-emptively warning cops to expect sexual assault claims https://consumerist.com/2017/03/06/tsa-introducing-new-more-invasive-pat-down-method/

#5yrsago Chris Christie’s Port Authority boss blackmailed United into scheduling a flight to bring him to his weekend place https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/06/us/david-samson-port-authority-chairmans-flight-bribery/index.html

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