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>or stop associating with Australians at all. As an Australian, I hope people do this. Internationally speaking, the tech community is not very good at drawin
by Sir_Substance 8y ago
>or stop associating with Australians at all.
As an Australian, I hope people do this.
Internationally speaking, the tech community is not very good at drawing lines in the sand, we tend to want to please everyone.
I was really hoping that when it was shown how much the US was spying on traffic crossing it's borders, other countries would modify their routes to ensure their nations data didn't transit the US unless it was terminating there, but nope, didn't happen. Brazil talked about it but didn't do it.
Anyway, this is another rubicon moment. If we don't make this explode in the Australian governments face, then the US and UK will follow suit after the testing period is over. It's really important for the international software community to reject this utterly.
Start pulling out of Australia now and make it painful, or this will happen in countries it's impossible for you to pull out of.
- cmroanirgo 8y agoAgreed. As an Australian, I'd also suggest that all IT staff, devs and PMs should now be treated as a plague ship for any company hiring us. At any time, our Gov can pull this new law out and coerce us into undermining your software. This is not good for international relations at all.
- idontpost 8y ago> the US and UK will follow suit after the testing period is over This is one case where the corporate capture of the US government works in our favor. Tech is an absolutely massive portion of the US economy (compared to Australia), and the tech companies will fight this tooth and nail. If the government couldn't do it in the 1990s (they tried) when tech companies were far less influential, they certainly won't be able to do it now.