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> Like, do you really want to start papering over all your conference room doors so nobody can snap a photo of schematics while they walk by? Constantly police
by guhidalg 3y ago
> Like, do you really want to start papering over all your conference room doors so nobody can snap a photo of schematics while they walk by? Constantly police which Slack channels they are in? Make sure they can't look at a coworker's monitor?
Yes. Have separate buildings, separate Slack instances (don't use clouds if you don't want information smeared across the world), badge access, etc... it's difficult sure but don't tell me our poor military industrial complex can't afford it.
- Animats 3y agoThat works for companies with a broad product range. Apple works that way. But SpaceX work mostly funnels into a very few products, all of which are of some national security interest.
- justrealist 3y agoThat doesn't cover what the DOJ is asking, because you can't separate closely linked roles into de-facto separate companies. Like, are you saying the people writing blog posts, the legal team, even certain engineering specialties, are not allowed to ever interact with the engineers working on satellite encryption?
- remarkEon 3y agoAgreed, making it impossible to get any work done makes the likelihood that foreign agents steal anything of value very low.
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoWe're talking about SpaceX, not the military industrial complex. All US firms are subject to ITAR restrictions. I know that SpaceX has many government contracts, but you seem to be construing the company as some sort of public institution.
- paulddraper 3y ago> military industrial complex Sir, this is a SpaceX