This day in history

2007, 2012, 2017.

#15yrsago William Gibson’s Spook Country https://memex.craphound.com/2007/07/31/william-gibsons-spook-country/

#15yrsago TSA chief: no-fly lists work, but it’s a secret https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/conversation_wi_5.html

#10yrsago vN: a science fiction novel about robots, perverts, power and privilege https://memex.craphound.com/2012/07/31/vn-a-science-fiction-novel-about-robots-perverts-power-and-privilege/

#5yrsago What not to do when you’re anonymous, if you want to stay that way https://www.whonix.org/wiki/DoNot

#5yrsago A list of the most deadly calorie bombs for sale at America’s chain restaurants https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/here-are-this-years-8-most-ridiculously-calorie-filled-chain-restaurant-meals/

#5yrsago John Oliver reveals Alex Jones’s woo-empire of overpriced, terror-fuelled quack remedies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyGq6cjcc3Q

#5yrsago Security researchers repeatedly warned Kids Pass about bad security, only to be ignored and blocked https://www.troyhunt.com/kids-pass-just-reminded-us-how-hard-responsible-disclosure-is/

#5yrsago Days before elections, the official in charge of Kenya’s voting machines has been tortured and murdered…