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2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readApr 7, 2023

#20yrsago Spammer suing anti-spammer for invading privacy https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2003/04/07/marketer-challenges-anti-spam-crusader/6142064a-8603-4e09-8ad7-3f85d87bb840/

#15yrsago CCTV cameras move crime a few feet down the sidewalk — study https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Crime-cameras-not-capturing-many-crimes-3290349.php

#15yrsago Reward offered for UK Prime Minister and Home Secretary’s fingerprints https://web.archive.org/web/20080409124101/http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-561230

#15yrsago Three Shadows: haunting and dreamlike graphic novel of love, bravery and sacrifice https://memex.craphound.com/2008/04/07/three-shadows-haunting-and-dreamlike-graphic-novel-of-love-bravery-and-sacrifice/

#10yrsago ExxonMobil, FAA, Arkansas cops establish flight restriction zone, threaten reporters who try to document Mayflower, AR spill https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/reporters-say-exxon-impeding-spill-coverage-arkansas/

#10yrsago French spies demand removal of a Wikipedia entry, threaten random Wikipedia admin in France when they don’t get their way https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Statement_on_France

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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