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This is already a problem for lots of other things, so it is not unique. I worked in a oil service company in Norway and we always had a lot of crap to deal wit
by jernfrost 11y ago
This is already a problem for lots of other things, so it is not unique. I worked in a oil service company in Norway and we always had a lot of crap to deal with to make sure nothing when we sold our software to Iran, no American was in any way involved in that process. That is difficult when you all work in an office with people from lots of places, and you are used to sharing information and working together and suddenly you have to be conscious about the citizenship of some of your colleagues.
There are already a myriad of national difference you have to deal with, accounting rules, rules on corruption and bribes, which country has which patents etc. Privacy just seems like any other item on that list.
- hackuser 11y ago> a oil service company in Norway ... we sold our software to Iran The company was helping Iran avoid sanctions?! Imposing costs on their oil sector, including by banning trade with it, was a necessary part of preventing them from acquiring nuclear weapons. They only gave up the weapons program in return for relief from the sanctions.
- kiiski 11y agoWas Norway participating in those sanctions? I thought the oil sanctions were just by USA and EU.
- hackuser 11y agoA good question. Sanctions included other countries outside the US and EU, but I don't recall the specifics or what Norway's position was. However, helping Iran build nuclear weapons is a very serious, very consequential thing to be doing whether or not your country is officially participating in sanctions. Would it be ok for your company to help Mexican drug cartels, even if it was legal? This is far more serious. If Iran obtained nuclear weapons, Norway would suffer the consequences too.