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I think most people opposed to Snowden are using the argument that he has "crossed the line" by releasing information on the NSA hacking Chinese infrastructure.
by jzelinskie 13y ago
I think most people opposed to Snowden are using the argument that he has "crossed the line" by releasing information on the NSA hacking Chinese infrastructure. What they fail to realize is that this is public infrastructure (hospitals, etc...) and the attacks are basically human rights violations on the Chinese; which is a country we aren't even at war with.
- embolism 13y agoExcept that there is plenty of suggestion (denied by the Chinese government) that Chinese are hacking US infrastructure and corporations too. So these revelations appear as Snowden taking the Chinese side in an international dispute.
- jzelinskie 13y agoFrom my perspective, there has long been indisputable evidence connecting the Chinese government to hacks in the US, and the media has long portrayed them as the bad guys. I think now that there's indisputable evidence that the US has been doing the same, the public is aware of both sides of the international dispute and can have a well developed opinion of the matter. I don't see this as "taking China's side" as much as liberating people from bias on an international issue.
- embolism 13y agoNot really - I don't see any 'well developed' analysis of either side. For example, I see claims that vast amounts of US IP have been stolen by Chinese corporations through hacking. Is this true, and if so, do we really think that US corporations are stealing vast amounts of IP from the Chinese? We really know almost nothing about the nature, extent, or balance of these activities other than that both sides are engaging in them.