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Re:Chinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’... by vaidhy on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @02:42PM (#41049385)
None of these national secrets. If you think they are industrial spies, many, many other people are also convicted for stealing trade secrets.
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Re:Chinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @02:54PM (#41049506)
> if you think they are industrial spies, many, many other people are also convicted for stealing trade secrets

Industrial spying for an adversary is o.g. espionage.

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Re:Chinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’... by aragonite on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @03:06PM (#41049630)
Crack99 had a significant number of American (government) customers. The crack softwares were used by a NASA engineer to help "do his job better" and by a chief scientist at a defense contractor to design components for Black Hawk and Marine One.[1][2]

[1] https://www.justice.gov/usao-de/pr/chief-scientist-governmen...

[2] https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/de/news/2012/Li%20Press...

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Re:Chinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’... by chiakcken on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @02:52PM (#41049485)
That's neither here nor there. espionages are espionages.
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