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Spying on students in RI

dimanche 18 juin 2017 à 02:00

In Rhode Island, some schools think they have the right to spy on students with school laptops.

Let's not forget to mention that other companies, including Google, also think they have the right to spy on students.

Trademark on "rock hand"?

dimanche 18 juin 2017 à 02:00

Gene Simmons filed an application for a trademark on the "rock hand" gesture.

IMF backs down on Greece bailout

dimanche 18 juin 2017 à 02:00

The IMF backed down and let the Euro-banksters impose terms on Greece with little or no debt relief.

For Greece's creditors there will be an additional bailout. For Greece, there will be increased cruelty, lasting at least 5 years, together with even more debt that will be as impossible to pay as the existing debt.

Maybe Greece should start printing its own 100-euro bills. That would be a more effective defense.

BAE and repressive countries

dimanche 18 juin 2017 à 02:00

A British arms and surveillance company secretly sold massive surveillance gear to Salafi Arabia and some other repressive countries.

DUIs and proprietary software

dimanche 18 juin 2017 à 02:00

People convicted of drunk driving are being ordered to install additional proprietary software in their computers (mobile phones): specifically, the nonfree apps for Uber and Lyft.

The one for Uber spies on the user.

I wonder what the judge would do when the defendant has no mobile phone. I fear this judge might order the person to carry a mobile phone. Mobile phones' movements and usage can be tracked and monitored by absolutely anyone, so being required to carry one is a big injustice.

There are occasions when it is legitimate for a court to require someone to wear a tracker, but such an order should always be explicit, not camouflaged behind "always have a mobile phone."

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