This day in history

2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#15yrsago LA hospital will give out your info “to protect the President” https://flickr.com/photos/doctorow/946451459/

#15yrsago DRM is digital Lysenkoism https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/31/comment.drm

#15yrsago Bruce Schneier interviews TSA head Kip Hawley https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/07/conversation_wi_4.html

#10yrsago Ubisoft’s DRM leaves your computer wide open to browser-based system hijacking https://www.pcgamer.com/uplay-security-risk-spotted-ubisoft-looking-into-the-issue-now/

#5yrsago How African speculative fiction gave birth to itself http://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/?cat=343

#5yrsago Defcon vote-hacking village shows that “secure” voting machines can be broken in minutes https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/344488-hackers-break-into-voting-machines-in-minutes-at-hacking-competition/

#1yrago Games Workshop declares war on its customers (again) https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/30/space-marines/#fairy-use-tale

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