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It's interesting that Software Engineers here would discuss about the ethics of building mass surveillance software [1] but have no problem with people fighting
by temptedQuestion 9y ago
It's interesting that Software Engineers here would discuss about the ethics of building mass surveillance software [1] but have no problem with people fighting in foreign lands to advance the interests of capitalism. Why blame Software Engineers for their role in enforcing the interests of the State when veterans get a free pass? Have we really become that hypocritic?
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14219384 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14219384
- dang 9y agoThere's no reason to believe you're talking about the same "Software Engineers" in each case, so questions like this are meaningless and boil down to rhetoric. Different subgroups of people comment on different threads.
- forapurpose 9y agoWow, that's a surprising comment to see and on multiple levels.
- solotronics 9y agoWhen you are a soldier you are required to follow your orders, a programmer is totally free to deny any project for personal reasons. The soldier is on some level a policy tool of the state determined by politicians. They can individually disagree but must carry out what the state decides, if the order is illegal they can deny it but the 'big picture' is all set high up.