Re:Jailed for a Text: China’s Censors Are Spying on Mobile C...
by coldtea on Friday December 08, 2017 @07:53AM
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>I don't see how a jail term can be even compared to losing a job and tracking by Facebook to government surveillance programs.
Losing a job can be just as catastrophic as a jail term.
Especially if it brands you for future job positions too, as "that person that was fired because X".
Not everybody has it as good as in-demand developers, job wise.
And employer blacklists (e.g. of union types) have been a thing for ages, and can wreck havoc to a person's life (killing their economic prospects) in the way that a jail sentence might not.
Losing a job can be just as catastrophic as a jail term.
Especially if it brands you for future job positions too, as "that person that was fired because X".
Not everybody has it as good as in-demand developers, job wise.
And employer blacklists (e.g. of union types) have been a thing for ages, and can wreck havoc to a person's life (killing their economic prospects) in the way that a jail sentence might not.