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This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017.

Cory Doctorow
2 min readOct 1, 2022

#20yrsago Danger Hiptop reviewed https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Likable-Sidekick-is-priced-right-2765968.php

#20yrsago Distributed.net cracks the RC5–64 cipher https://web.archive.org/web/20030710002806/https://www.distributed.net/pressroom/news-20020926

#20yrsago Kevin Mitnick’s laptop, signed by Woz, on eBay https://forums.atariage.com/topic/14593-own-a-piece-of-hacking-history/#comment-145970

#20yrsago Record industry defends practices to Senate https://web.archive.org/web/20021018162342/http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?id=6675

#15yrsago Keep Your Copyrights: helping creators beat abusive contracts https://web.law.columbia.edu/kernochan/keep-your-copyrights

#15yrsago Disney kills its spy-on-your-kids phones https://web.archive.org/web/20071019152903/http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9786517-7.html

#15yrsago Nokia taunts Apple lockware phone with posters for “open” N-series https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/timely-advertising-nokia-poster-hot-off-the-press.362519/

#15yrsago Archibishop of Mozambique: condoms and HIV cocktails will give you AIDS https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7014335.stm

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

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