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Re:Former Twitter Employees Charged with Spying for Saudi Ar... by rdtsc on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @07:22PM (#21469135)
> not a good time to be a foreign tech worker in the US

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Ali Alzabarah, a Saudi citizen - was accused of accessing the personal information of more than 6,000 Twitter accounts in 2015 on behalf of Saudi Arabia.

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Well if they plan on spying for their government, don’t think we’d want them to have a great time? Don’t think that is too controversial.

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Re:Former Twitter Employees Charged with Spying for Saudi Ar... by mc3 on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @07:27PM (#21469180)
Maybe. But, that doesn't address the parent comment's meaning. I interpret it as saying that both spying and non-spying foreign tech workers might be affected by the same brush tar.
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