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Do you remember the name of that story?

Not OP, but I believe it was Little Brother by Cory Doctorow: If I recall correctly, they used nodded Xboxes.

I read it a while ago, so I might be wrong, but it was a good read at any rate.

Thanks for the pointer, but I think that's probably not the particular story I was thinking of.

The intro to Cory Doctorow's story says he wrote it in 2007.

The story I'm thinking of was probably a short in an anthology that I must've bought in paperback in the early-to-mid 1990s.

It's a neat idea to parallel-invent, or to reference.

(I donated all my SF books around 2000, but now I should see whether I can find the book on Amazon or somewhere.)

Edit: It might've been in "Mirrorshades: An anthology of Cyberpunk", edited by Bruce Sterling, 1998.

I have a copy of mirrorshades at home. I don't remember that being in any of the stories. Been a while since I read it, so you may be correct.

That’s good enough for me, I’ll check Mirrorshades out, thanks so much!

Thanks! I’ll check it out along with what the original commenter guessed the book was. At worst, Little Brother will have similar themes.