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Re:Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages t... by bbqfog on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @01:14PM (#42701361)
I don’t understand your complaint. People are free to vocally denounce Zionism. These founders have not done that. Quite the opposite, Snyk has offices in Israel and has been vocal about their ties to the IDF. It’s absolutely within my agency to not use their products. Again, there’s zero downside to do that.
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Re:Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages t... by lolinder on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @01:38PM (#42701749)
Correct, you're welcome to do that, and I'm welcome to denounce you for advocating boycotting a product because of the country of origin of its founders.

People can't help where they're born, and you're wrong to hold that against them. You're welcome to work through that cognitive dissonance however you like, but in the meantime I will continue to advocate for treating individuals as individuals.

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Re:Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages t... by bbqfog on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @01:42PM (#42701803)
No one is entitled to my business. I have no cognitive dissonance, my business interests are aligned with my moral interests in this case. I don’t use Israeli tech whenever possible.

You “denouncing” people who make a rational calculation isn’t really helping to market the firms you are supporting.

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Re:Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages t... by lolinder on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @02:02PM (#42702100)
I'm not supporting firms, I'm supporting the right of individuals to be seen as individuals rather than as members of a group assigned to them at birth.

That said, this obviously isn't going anywhere, so have a nice day.

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Re:Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages t... by guappa on Thursday January 16, 2025 @03:31AM (#42722869)
"being born in israel" and "Join the army and take part in genocide" aren't the same thing, despite your tryhard attempts to make them into the same thing.
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