This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

Cory Doctorow

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#20yrsago Imagineeringland: the busiest place on Earth https://www.wired.com/2002/12/rebuilding/

#20yrsago Me (13) with Charles De Lint, 1984 https://craphound.com/images/de_Lint_with_customers.jpg

#15yrsago French law proposal will force ISPs to spy on users and terminate downloaders without trial https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2007/11/the-insanity-and-genius-of-frances-anti-file-sharing-plan/

#15yrsago DHS to firefighters: snoop on emergency victims for evidence of terrorism https://web.archive.org/web/20071127140317/https://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=127

#10yrsago Coding Freedom: an anthropologist understands hacker culture https://memex.craphound.com/2012/11/25/coding-freedom-an-anthropologist-understands-hacker-culture/

#5yrsago Researchers craft Android app that reveals menagerie of hidden spyware; legally barred from doing the same with iOS https://theintercept.com/2017/11/24/staggering-variety-of-clandestine-trackers-found-in-popular-android-apps/

#1yrago McKinsey taught Big Pharma how to price-gouge https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/25/strikesgiving/#cool-story-pharma-bro

#1yrago Unions are finally fighting two-tier contracts…

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow

Written by Cory Doctorow

Writer, blogger, activist. Blog: https://pluralistic.net; Mailing list: https://pluralistic.net/plura-list; Mastodon: @pluralistic@mamot.fr

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