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> “bad actors", but wouldn't want to work for Google or Apple - Everyone who doesn’t like US hegemony. Which happens about everywhere but US, in varied proport
by eastbound 3y ago
> “bad actors", but wouldn't want to work for Google or Apple
- Everyone who doesn’t like US hegemony. Which happens about everywhere but US, in varied proportion, but even in Europe, and even worse in Middle-East,
- Everyone who doesn’t like monopolies. Capitalism of competition (as opposed to state capitalism, when the state borrows a trillion per semester, ahem) requires that monopolies be broken down to avoid distortion of competition. Helping bad actors can be, under their viewpoint, less bad than the damage done to a billion consumers consumers at a time. Plus monopolies impose a monoculture of occidentalism, with certain values that a firm in Egypt might consider worse than sponsoring bad actors.
- toasterblender 3y agoIf the number of skilled 0-day hunters who will work for a paycheck is > 0, then yours is a moot point, since a poaching program would still make an impact even if there are some people who work for spyware companies who would not work for FAANG. I think you will also find that morals for many people are inversely proportional to the offered salary. An 0-day developer being compensated $130k may well abandon their particular morals if offered a $240k salary instead.