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USANEEDSHELPon Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant to Track Your Cellphone

There should be another ruling. 3 letter agencies should also need a warrant to track cell phones too.

Basically, this ruling means nothing in the grand scheme of things. We are being tracked without our permission & the police can probably get as much info from the US government agencies by just asking for it.

USANEEDSHELPon Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

When have been diagnosed with cancer, you hope for a little more time with your loved ones.

USANEEDSHELPon Tool Recreating the “Decrypting Text” Effect Seen in the Movie “Sneakers”

I love this. I love the movie. It's geeky and I went on a date to see this movie with a female friend of mine at the time (we weren't girl/boy friend at that time). Now she is my wife of almost 20 years (2017). IT was playing at the Midway Theater in Forest Hills NY.

USANEEDSHELPon Oculus 'Always On' Services and Privacy Policy May Be a Cause for Concern

Do not buy this product. You don't need it. Wait until holographic tech. is implemented without a VR headset. OR you could block specific outgoing traffic that is related to VR software on your router.

USANEEDSHELPon Oracle seeks $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android

This may be one of the reasons Google invented Go (language). I wouldn't be surprised to see if future versions of their platforms are Go-lang only. Make Java obsolete

USANEEDSHELPon Mass surveillance silences minority opinions, according to study

Mass surveillance is meant to work against anybody and everybody

USANEEDSHELPon Water treatment plant hacked, chemical mix changed for tap supplies

Take all utility like infrastructure control systems off the internet (Gas, Water, etc...)

USANEEDSHELPon Did the ExoMars Mission Narrowly Escape a Launch Disaster?

The USSR hasn't received approval from the IPTA to fly and land on Mars.

IPTA = Intragalatic Planetary Travel Association

USANEEDSHELPon Venture Capital’s Answer to High-Priced Housing: Dorms for Grown Ups

Slave quarters

USANEEDSHELPon Obama Administration Set to Expand Sharing of Data That N.S.A. Intercepts

After they share the data within, they will begin to sell the data to private corporations, or offer the data to them for next to nothing & as long as they share the output of their processing results. The Public - Private partnership will be in full swing in a few years.

Why are we analyzing this? Why aren't we telling our representatives that this is wrong & it must stop?

peace

USANEEDSHELPon Mark Zuckerberg Backs Apple in Its Refusal to Unlock iPhone

The US of A is not a democracy it's supposed to be a republic. When companies act as the mouthpiece for the people, they are not doing so because they are protecting the people. They are doing it to protect their own interests (corporatism) and any company that is speaking out in this situation, is merely playing lip service to the people (consumers/products). There's nothing they can do. They are at the mercy of the government, laws and any types of intimidation that may be applied by the any agency of the state. Only the people of the US of A can rise up and make a true difference. We must stop believing that we are here to serve the state (government). We must stand up and demand that the state serve the people.

USANEEDSHELPon How an Immigrant from Bangladesh Became America's Master Builder

Legal immigrants

USANEEDSHELPon How to Fix Tech’s H-1B Problem

How to fix it, eliminate it. Not only are the US firms abusing H1-B, the consulting firms from (for example) India are setting up a US footprint & using H1-B to get low cost folks into this country. The quality is not there, but the low cost & quantity is. There are many Americans that can fill these positions, but the US firms don't want to pay a living wage.