Re:Ask HN: To those here who work in China, do you plan on s...
by em-bee on Saturday November 03, 2018 @12:43PM
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don't use a VPN. as developers we have other tools available that work. of course if you are attached to youtube then maybe the experience can get frustrating, but everything else can be made to work.
as for surveillance, at this point i don't know a country on this planet where surveillance is not a concern.
for safety, you need to learn how to keep yourself safe. but that applies to china as well as eg. downtown los angeles. i have been warned not to go there as it would not be safe. but i never had any issues. china is very safe. yes, you hear horror stories. but you need to scale those in relation to the size of the country. for every horror story about china, you can find you 10 such stories about the US.
as for surveillance, at this point i don't know a country on this planet where surveillance is not a concern.
for safety, you need to learn how to keep yourself safe. but that applies to china as well as eg. downtown los angeles. i have been warned not to go there as it would not be safe. but i never had any issues. china is very safe. yes, you hear horror stories. but you need to scale those in relation to the size of the country. for every horror story about china, you can find you 10 such stories about the US.
greetings, eMBee.