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Re:Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in... by DiogenesKynikos on Monday November 04, 2019 @05:12PM (#21447107)
Threatening the families of separatist activists is definitely wrong and despicable, but it's very different from what we're discussing here. I haven't heard of any cases similar to the type of scenario you're suggesting.
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Re:Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in... by GenericsMotors on Monday November 04, 2019 @05:47PM (#21447484)
I can't see how you think there's absolutely no connection here. The Chinese government has demonstrated very clearly it will coerce their citizens' compliance - they're not going to be immune to this just by not being activists.

If you have something they want - or are able to do something they want - it's quite obvious they will use your family as leverage.

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Re:Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in... by DiogenesKynikos on Monday November 04, 2019 @06:09PM (#21447688)
That hasn't been demonstrated. You're citing the treatment of Chinese people abroad who are affiliated with CIA-funded separatist organizations and drawing conclusions about how random people working for tech companies will be treated. I don't think these situations are analogous.
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Re:Gitlab considers not hiring SREs and Support Engineers in... by GenericsMotors on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:34AM (#21450209)
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
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