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> I hope one day I'll live in a country where I have freedom to write any code I like without fearing. Can the author reach the US by whatever mean and apply f
by somerandomone 11y ago
> I hope one day I'll live in a country where I have freedom to write any code I like without fearing.
Can the author reach the US by whatever mean and apply for political asylum? That 'fear that they will suffer persecution due to: ... Political opinion'[0] seems legit.
[0] http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum
- hkmurakami 11y ago> I hope one day I'll live in a country where I have freedom to write any code I like without fearing. Frankly I don't know if we are that country. :(
- brillenfux 11y agoIn the context of a Chinese hacker fearing prison this is awfully cynical hyperbole.
- DanBC 11y agoIt's obviously far worse in china, but still. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lech_Johansen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lech_Johansen
- hkmurakami 11y agoAgreed. And even in the small world of my college, this happened for a student writing some filesharing code. http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2003/05/peng-riaa-settle-infringement-case/ http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2003/05/peng-riaa-settle-i...
- 59nadir 11y agoYes, he should move to the US, where he'll be forced to use NSA approved (read: cracked) or no encryption.
- mozumder 11y ago?? US citizens can use any encryption they wish.
- Kim_Bruning 11y agoSeeing the position of the US and UK governments on encryption is coming in-line with china, I would be careful of traveling to those countries.