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Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi... by lexs on Friday June 22, 2018 @03:28AM (#17372125)
don't you think there are better uses for "the smartest people on the planet" other than defense work?
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Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi... by gaius on Friday June 22, 2018 @03:40AM (#17372200)
Sure. But if they weren’t doing that they wouldn’t be curing cancer, they’d be working on more adtech, etc. The people making a big moral stand here were all perfectly OK with mass surveillance for commercial interests remember.
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Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi... by kimdotcom on Friday June 22, 2018 @07:00AM (#17373016)
Unfortunately, I agree.
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