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This Day in Blogging History: Accountable TSA checkpoint algorithm; DHS on how to stop other gov'ts from snooping on you; New Sidekick features

One year ago today

An accountable algorithm for running a secure random checkpoint: “output produced by a particular execution of the algorithm can be verified as correct after the fact by a skeptical member of the public.”

Five years ago today

DHS: HOWTO stop (other governments’) creepy spooks from reading your hard drive and email: WikiLeaks has a copy of the 2008 DHS Travel assessment, which includes a number of key findings warning US travelers that their laptops can be searched and seized, that their data can be copied, etc.

Ten years ago today
New Sidekick features, just in the nick of time: including such basic functionality as copy-and-paste.

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