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Re:Zoom to bring end-to-end encryption to all users, includi... by maxmcd on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:58PM (#23553716)
It is not racist to suggest that the Chinese government influences companies. It is racist to suggest that Chinese people are automatically predispositioned to certain actions.
Re:Zoom to bring end-to-end encryption to all users, includi... by xwowsersx on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @01:07PM (#23553825)
Fair enough and I don't think anyone here will find that statement controversial. I think what bothers me in some of the dialogue here is what I perceive as an attempt to play "hide the ball" by pretending that CCP interests don't run counter to the interests of liberal democracies by labeling raised concerns as racist. No one framed anything in racial terms to begin with so I don't see why it needs to be placed in that context.
Re:Zoom to bring end-to-end encryption to all users, includi... by laughinghan on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:32PM (#23557041)
Did you read the comment he's replying to? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23553503

It's entire contents is an argument that Zoom is evil because Eric Yuan is Chinese-American. It doesn't say a single one of the things you're saying.

Re:Zoom to bring end-to-end encryption to all users, includi... by g-b-r on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:26PM (#23556980)
It's racist to suggest that Chinese people (NOT the similarly-colored Taiwanese) feel some weight from the dictatorship were they live/grew up/have parents in?
Re:Zoom to bring end-to-end encryption to all users, includi... by 0xy on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @08:25PM (#23558464)
That was never suggested. Zoom is developed almost entirely in China, which means it is effectively a Chinese company under full influence of the CCP.