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Disclaimer: I'm not defending anyone who breaks the law. I'm just explaining why and how it might work from my point of view. It just depends on how people wer
by avaika 9y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not defending anyone who breaks the law. I'm just explaining why and how it might work from my point of view.
It just depends on how people were explained why and what they need to do. In the end these engineers even might have had no idea that the thing they produced will be used this way.
Additionally, I know a bunch of people who developed similar system for small companies in my country. However the situation is different: law enforcement institutions are often misused to get the bribe from business owners. Means the less they can find in your office, the less chances they will take your money away for nothing.
- booleandilemma 9y agoThis is the same company that had an internal program called “Hell”. I agree with the parent that Uber developers are just unethical. I’m wondering if they ask you to strangle a kitten during the tech interview, just to see how you react.
- chronic193 9y ago> I’m wondering if they ask you to strangle a kitten during the tech interview, just to see how you react. I'd do it. So would hundreds of thousands of candidate software engineers around the world. You really need to step out of your white night bubble. People are not nice in this world. Nor is it required to be nice.
- mynameisvlad 9y agoPeople name internal programs badly all the time. That shouldn't be an instant "they're unethical" flag. Furthermore, the developers working on these projects could have easily been told they were building something completely different than how it was used. We shouldn't make assumptions about the developer when there are people that we know knew what was going on. And is the last line necessary?