This day in history
The Master Switch; Dueling useless machines; Chrome delists Symantec.
I’m on a tour with my new book, the international bestseller Enshittification. Catch me next in Miami, Burbank, and Lisbon! Full schedule with dates and links here.
#20yrsago BBC Archive database — early info https://web.archive.org/web/20051102024643/https://www.hackdiary.com/archives/000071.html
#15yrsago The Master Switch: Tim “Net Neutrality” Wu explains what’s at stake in the battle for net freedom https://memex.craphound.com/2010/11/01/the-master-switch-tim-net-neutrality-wu-explains-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-for-net-freedom/
#15yrsago Times Online claims 200K paid users: but where’s the detailed breakdown? https://memex.craphound.com/2010/11/01/times-online-claims-200k-paid-users-but-wheres-the-detailed-breakdown/
#15yrsago Duelling useless machines: a metaphor for polarized politics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkgoSOSGrx4
#15yrsago Hari Prasad, India’s evoting researcher, working to save Indian democracy from dirty voting machines https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/11/2010-pioneer-award-winner-hari-prasad-defends
#10yrsago Chrome won’t trust Symantec-backed SSL as of Jun 1 unless they account for bogus certs https://security.googleblog.com/2015/10/sustaining-digital-certificate-security.html
#10yrsago Beautiful, free/open 3D printed book of lost Louis H. Sullivan architectural ornaments https://web.archive.org/web/20151109231301/https://twentysomethingsullivan.com/
#1yrago Shifting $677m from the banks to the people, every year, forever https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/01/bankshot/#personal-financial-data-rights
