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Re:Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts by johnnyanmac on Sunday November 05, 2023 @10:07PM (#38158334)
>Everyone has agency. “Just following orders” is not an excuse.

depends on your safety barrier. In some very high profile cases, depends on your life. I commend people like Snowden but I certainly wouldn't choose to spend my entire life running from the US government in an attempt to be ethical. I have too many selfish personal goals to try and attempt to sway the masses like that.

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Re:Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts by _heimdall on Sunday November 05, 2023 @10:56PM (#38158666)
To be fair, in the context of software refusing to code a feature you morally or ethically disagree with is very different from attempting to blow the whistle against the US military and three letter agencies.

You wouldn't have to flee to Russia for refusing to ship spyware in a mobile app, for example.

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