This day in history

2007, 2012, 2017, 2022.

#15yrsago Bikes Against Bush arrest was part of counter-RNC protestor “intelligence” op https://www.wired.com/2007/04/nypd-intelligence-op-targets-dot-matrix-graffiti-bike/

#15yrsago Battle of Seattle WTO protestors win $1 million settlementhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070527105733/http://www.publicjustice.net/pr/wto040207.htm

#10yrsago Microsoft buys Netscape (sort of) https://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-quietly-buys-netscape-browser-technology-09222093

#10yrsago Jargon-watch: “Forever-day bugs” https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/04/rise-of-ics-forever-day-vulnerabiliities-threaten-critical-infrastructure/

#5yrsago Dallas’s 156 tornado sirens hacked and repeatedly set off in the middle of Saturday night https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/hackers-set-off-dallas-156-emergency-sirens-over-a-dozen-times/

#5yrsago Portuguese proposal to legalize breaking DRM passes Parliament https://torrentfreak.com/portugal-passes-bill-to-restrict-use-of-drm-grant-circumvention-right-170410/

#5yrsago The Financial Times: Uber is doomed https://www.ft.com/content/478ed09c-5506-3f53-aaff-58ba2f9705fe