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Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi... by robin_reala on Friday June 22, 2018 @04:50AM (#17372493)
I’m not American.
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Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi... by drawnwren on Friday June 22, 2018 @05:40AM (#17372696)
Good news then, you aren't eligible to work on the vast majority of USG software projects. Definitely anything remotely related to military drones.
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Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi... by chrisper on Friday June 22, 2018 @06:25AM (#17372878)
The US is not the only country with a military and companies...
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Re:Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Mi... by drawnwren on Saturday June 23, 2018 @12:27AM (#17379543)
No but in the context of Google refusing to work for the US DoD, it's pretty clear that most of the posters in this thread are talking about the US DoD/Silicon Valley relationship. Further, a comment like "I always tell employers I won't work for the military..." has a significantly different meaning if we're talking about Swedish tech companies and the Swedish military than if we're talking about US companies, so it would probably have been helpful to clear up the setting in this context.
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