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Re:Apple's Tim Cook defends encryption. When will other tech... by s73v3r on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @04:41PM (#10785837)
Easy to say now. Much harder to follow through when you're relying on your paycheck to pay your rent or buy you food.
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Re:Apple's Tim Cook defends encryption. When will other tech... by toomuchtodo on Thursday December 24, 2015 @08:32PM (#10790130)
One should always ensure their financial situation does not preclude one from exercising their ethics.
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Re:Apple's Tim Cook defends encryption. When will other tech... by s73v3r on Friday December 25, 2015 @08:16PM (#10792894)
Should, but unfortunately one can't always forsee things that come up. If your spouse comes down with cancer, for instance, and you're reliant upon company insurance to pay for treatment, one might be tempted to put their spouse's treatment ahead of those ethics.
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Re:Apple's Tim Cook defends encryption. When will other tech... by sarciszewski on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @07:00PM (#10786365)
It's hard to not parse your response as putting profits before people.
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Re:Apple's Tim Cook defends encryption. When will other tech... by s73v3r on Friday December 25, 2015 @08:17PM (#10792896)
I'm not even really talking about profits, though. Just the basic amount needed to get by.
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