Re:Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in...
by munmaek on Monday November 04, 2019 @01:22PM
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Even in that example, the US government would not make my family disappear. Please cite any reputable sources that you have to the contrary, because anything else is a spurious claim. I'm not going to argue over various conspiracy theories.
Corruption and unfair things exist in every single country, but we do have the right to freedom of press, speech, assembly, and due process.
Re:Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in...
by pm90 on Monday November 04, 2019 @02:16PM
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To be clear, I'm not arguing for any such conspiracy theories. All I'm saying is that the State can go after you and your family if you refuse to co-operate with it on important enough subjects.
I do agree that the barrier for that may be lower in more authoritarian states, as they're not restricted by the system of laws in the US. Maybe that's the best we can get.
Don't be so sure of that. If you hold valuable information on a foreign state, you will be accused and quickly convicted under various national security laws if you don't co-operate.
You severely under-estimate the power of a state, especially one as powerful as the US. If they want something from you, they will get it. Have you broken a minor law? Maybe you've been stellar, but some member of your family hasn't. The likelihood of being in an entire family with spotless records is very very low.