#10yrsago Porno copyright trolls #PrendaLaw fined $261K https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/11/unhappy-thanksgiving-for-prenda-law-ordered-to-pay-261k-to-defendants/

#10yrsago Presenting political argument on Twitter, and the “prestige economy” https://www.mic.com/articles/48829/why-you-should-never-have-taken-that-prestigious-internship

#10yrsago Apps come bundled with secret #Bitcoin mining programs, paper over the practice with #EULAs https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2013/11/potentially-unwanted-miners-toolbar-peddlers-use-your-system-to-make-btc

#10yrsago Study shows removing #DRM increased music sales https://torrentfreak.com/what-piracy-removing-drm-boosts-music-sales-by-10-percent-131130/

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#20yrsago Aussie senators shout at #GWBush during Parliamentary visit https://web.archive.org/web/20031202151028/https://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031023_523.html

#20yrsago #Woodworking tools coming with bullshit #EULAs now https://memex.craphound.com/2003/10/23/woodworking-tools-coming-with-bullshit-eulas-now/

#20yrsago #LifeHacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific Alpha Geeks https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2003/10/22/

#15yrsago New US #RFID passports manufactured offshore at a huge profit, transported by unsecured couriers https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/mar/26/outsourced-passports-netting-govt-profit-56284974/

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#15yrsago Kids need to agree to 120+ pages of #EULAs in order to watch #BluRay Sleeping Beauty https://web.archive.org/web/20081013163001/http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/09/sleeping-beauty-blur.html

#10yrsago #LaurenBeukes and her daughter explain @neilhimself's Fortunately the Milk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On4vgU6envM

#10yrsago @EFF’s guide to the #NSA’s official malware https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/how-nsa-deploys-malware-new-revelations

#5yrsago Facebook’s new product: every-room cameras for your home https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/08/facebook-portal-are-you-serious-rn/

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#15yrsago #NewZealand’s copyright minister starts screaming when asked whether it’s fair to cut people off from the Internet on the basis of three unsubstantiated accusations of #CopyrightInfringement https://web.archive.org/web/20081009013140/http://it.gen.nz/2008/10/07/ministers-why-we-changed-the-copyright-act/

#15yrsago Kids need to agree to 120+ pages of #EULAs in order to watch #BluRay Sleeping Beauty https://web.archive.org/web/20081013163001/http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/10/09/sleeping-beauty-blur.html

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#5yrsago Vendor lock-in, #DRM, and crappy #EULAs are turning America’s independent #farmers into tenant farmers https://www.vice.com/en/article/a34pp4/john-deere-tractor-hacking-big-data-surveillance

#5yrsago A critical statistics education that fits on a postcard https://timharford.com/2018/03/your-handy-postcard-sized-guide-to-statistics/

#5yrsago An algorithm that converts 3D meshes into machine-knitting patterns https://textiles-lab.github.io/publications/2018-autoknit/

#5yrsago After #Airbnb hosts converted New York’s available housing stock to unlicensed hotel rooms, rents soared https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/attach/airbnb-report.pdf

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