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I mean, what is the country going to do? At best they can launch a cyber attack (or a lot of them). Any physical action would immediately involve the host count
by jotm 5y ago
I mean, what is the country going to do? At best they can launch a cyber attack (or a lot of them). Any physical action would immediately involve the host country - bombing the Facebook HQ for example could be considered a terrorist act or even a war declaration.
- ModernMech 5y agoAre there still Facebook employees or contractors in Russia? They could be arrested and sent to labor camps.
- jotm 5y agoOh good point. I thought they pulled out of Russia... if they didn't, they will now.
- tomjen3 5y agoRussia lunched an attack with chemical weapons on U.K. soil and nothing happened.
- Etherlord87 5y agoI think what happens now can be partially explained as a consequence of bad deeds attributed to Russia in the past.
- bhuber 5y agoPeople who get on Putin's bad side have a history of ending up with things like polonium and nerve agents inside their bodies, even when living in western countries. Bombing facebook would likely be further than even Russia is willing to go, but I wouldn't put it past them to poison their head of PR or something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvine... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Skripal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Skripal
- lucianbr 5y agoI expect that if Russia poisoned Zuckerberg there would be a lot more backlash from the West than in the cases you linked. Maybe even outright war. Otherwise, it would mean the entire world should permanently live in fear of Putin, and that sounds worse even than nuclear winter.
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago"the entire world should permanently live in fear of Putin" he is pretty old by now
- lern_too_spel 5y agoVery unlikely that poisoning Zuckerberg would lead to war. A warrant for the arrest of the person who poisoned him, certainly, but not war.
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- qiskit 5y ago> I expect that if Russia poisoned Zuckerberg there would be a lot more backlash from the West than in the cases you linked. Maybe even outright war. Nobody is going to war over zuckerburg or any of the tech ceos. Lets get real here. > Otherwise, it would mean the entire world should permanently live in fear of Putin Not the world. Just a few western countries. I don't think zambia or bolivia or india or china or much of the world is going to care one bit.
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