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> Why do people work on such projects? >> Maybe you're on H1B and if you get let go you have to go back to Sri Lanka... I mean that's there too, but in this c

> Why do people work on such projects? >> Maybe you're on H1B and if you get let go you have to go back to Sri Lanka... I mean that's there too, but in this case, the guy who ran this spyware op was a former IDF turned chief of Facebook in Israel, later promoted to CISO for all of Meta.

reaperman 2y ago
Yes, I generally blame management. But sometimes I blame the engineers when its obvious they had other good options.
- spencerflem 2y ago
  I think its fair to blame both, usually. Got enough hate left in my heart for it
- ignoramous 2y ago
  > I blame the engineers when its obvious they had other good options Their manager was promoted to c-suite for running a covert worldwide spyware op (that also informed the company's M&A strategy). I'd reserve most of my blame on corporate culture that incentivized & rewarded such orgs and its management.
racional 2y ago
It's important to note that the "Guy" was not just with the IDF, but with Unit 8200. Otherwise you'd be essentially saying "Hey look out, the guy who ran this op was an Israeli" (because nearly every male Israeli serves in the IDF).
- ignoramous 2y ago
  > important to note ... "Guy" [was] with Unit 8200 Good thing they're less Fascist and more upstanding & liberal, yeah? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/12/world/middleeast/13Israeldoc.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/12/world/middlee... > every male Israeli serves in the IDF Shame on them if they continue to be associated with an institution found guilty by the International courts of occupation, torture, sexual assault, dispossession, crimes against humanity. https://x.com/wattheactualfuq/status/1818340892651975052 https://x.com/wattheactualfuq/status/1818340892651975052 / https://ghostarchive.org/archive/sx6lC https://ghostarchive.org/archive/sx6lC The burden is not mine or anyone else's.

reaperman 2y ago

Yes, I generally blame management. But sometimes I blame the engineers when its obvious they had other good options.

spencerflem 2y ago
I think its fair to blame both, usually. Got enough hate left in my heart for it
ignoramous 2y ago
> I blame the engineers when its obvious they had other good options Their manager was promoted to c-suite for running a covert worldwide spyware op (that also informed the company's M&A strategy). I'd reserve most of my blame on corporate culture that incentivized & rewarded such orgs and its management.

racional 2y ago

It's important to note that the "Guy" was not just with the IDF, but with Unit 8200. Otherwise you'd be essentially saying "Hey look out, the guy who ran this op was an Israeli" (because nearly every male Israeli serves in the IDF).

ignoramous 2y ago
> important to note ... "Guy" [was] with Unit 8200 Good thing they're less Fascist and more upstanding & liberal, yeah? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/12/world/middleeast/13Israeldoc.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/12/world/middlee... > every male Israeli serves in the IDF Shame on them if they continue to be associated with an institution found guilty by the International courts of occupation, torture, sexual assault, dispossession, crimes against humanity. https://x.com/wattheactualfuq/status/1818340892651975052 https://x.com/wattheactualfuq/status/1818340892651975052 / https://ghostarchive.org/archive/sx6lC https://ghostarchive.org/archive/sx6lC The burden is not mine or anyone else's.