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> “Simply maintaining ties to certain countries means [an individual] could be vulnerable to being exploited, even if they do not want to cause the company harm
by czl 2y ago
> “Simply maintaining ties to certain countries means [an individual] could be vulnerable to being exploited, even if they do not want to cause the company harm.”
How would this work? If you have parents, children or siblings in China their safety makes you a risk?
- verdverm 2y agoOperation Fox Hunt is a bit more brazen https://www.propublica.org/article/operation-fox-hunt-how-china-exports-repression-using-a-network-of-spies-hidden-in-plain-sight https://www.propublica.org/article/operation-fox-hunt-how-ch... https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/19/china-police-state-outposts-00092913 https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/19/china-police-state-...
- alephnerd 2y agoFrom a counter-intelligence standpoint it does. I'm not Chinese but even I steer clear of bringing up certain topics in my and my SO's ancestral countries without a throwaway because we have extended family who absolutely can get pressured. This is why the State Department doesn't post Americans in countries where they are of the same ethnic origin or have familial ties to. Realistically, software that is sold to the US government has requirements around clearance for SREs and even SWEs (eg. FedRAMP clearances, IC4 clearances, etc).