This day in history

2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020.

#20yrsago Researchers predict boom market for Palm Pilot exploits https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/cyber/wireless/2001-08-16-pda-hacker.htm

#15yrsago TSA bans gel-filled bras https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-authorities-leave-gel-_n_27402

#15yrsago Would a hair-gel bomb actually work? https://web.archive.org/web/20060815053739/http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200608/msg00087.html

#10yrsago Woman who recorded Massachusetts police beating charged with illegal wiretapping https://www.masslive.com/news/2011/08/videographer_of_alleged_melvin.html

#10yrsago In-game Ponzi nets US$50K https://web.archive.org/web/20110921052125/http://gamergaia.com/pc/1724-eve-online-space-heist-one-trillion-isk.html

#10yrsago Damning 2007 letter asserts that phone hacking was an open practice at News of the World https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/aug/16/phone-hacking-now-reporter-letter

#10yrsago Charlie Stross on network security in 2061 http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/08/usenix-2011-keynote-network-se.html

#5yrsago The Greatest of Marlys! is the Lynda Barry book we’ve been waiting for…