This day in history

2001, 2011, 2016, 2020

#20yrsago Municipal code’s list of code-words for escort services that may not be used in classified advertising https://web.archive.org/web/20010716172254/http://www.ci.sparks.nv.us/municode/Title_5/66/100.html

#10yrsago RIP, Len Sassaman: cypherpunk and anonymity hacker https://news.hitb.org/content/rip-len-sassaman-crypto-expert-and-privacy-advocate

#5yrsago Peak indifference: privacy as a public health issue https://locusmag.com/2016/07/cory-doctorow-peak-indifference/

#5yrsago Nigel “Brexit” Farage, having tanked the UK economy, retires to “get his life back” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36702468

#5yrsago Hidden “anti-crime” mics are proliferating on US public transit, recording riders’ conversations https://www.csoonline.com/article/3090502/big-brother-is-listening-as-well-as-watching.html

#5yrsago Frederick Douglass’ “The Meaning of July the Fourth for the Negro,” read by James Earl Jones https://www.democracynow.org/2015/7/3/what_to_the_slave_is_4th

#5yrsago New York’s stately libraries sport hidden apartments for live-in caretakers https://www.6sqft.com/life-behind-the-stacks-the-secret-apartments-of-new-york-libraries/