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Just tell the programmer it's only for use in the company's China offices. Many companies openly discuss their countermeasures to protect their customer and in
by raldi 9y ago
Just tell the programmer it's only for use in the company's China offices.
Many companies openly discuss their countermeasures to protect their customer and internal data from lawful requests from the Chinese government. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, just that it's not a secret.
And then once the programmer writes it, it's a piece of cake to make it do the same thing in Canada.
- Bartweiss 9y ago> Many companies openly discuss their countermeasures to protect their customer and internal data from lawful requests from the Chinese government. This seems like a serious counterpoint to "they were using it against lawful warrants therefore it's bad". Arguing that line and simultaneously excusing defensive measures against China, Turkey, or other governments isn't easy. The obvious resolution is "ethics aren't equivalent to law", and using this tool to dodge ethical requests is still bad. But that's a far more discretionary standard than a lot of the positions I'm seeing here.
- mirimir 9y agoBut what are "lawful warrants"? The Chinese government must indeed consider its actions to be lawful. So who sets the standard? Maybe Uber just wants to ensure that discovery proceeds after careful negotiation.