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Meta staff protest surveillance software on work PCs (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 33 points 4 months ago (10 children)

I knew a guy who went to work for palantir a bunch of years ago. Was always friendly at work. I asked him "but what're you going to do if they do bad stuff, like spying on people?"

He just shrugged. Didn't care. The money was good.

I don't know if this alone is proof that's a bad person, but I think it precludes him from being a good one.

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  • [–] -5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I would argue no. Partly because I am in a similar situation. But also because I would be a fool to quit such a stable, laid back job in a market where it is extremely difficult to find a job in my field.

    Granted I also do care. But not enough to risk poverty.

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  • [–] 22 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    It's hard to make a full judgment without knowing more details but "the pay is good and it's easy" isn't really a compelling justification for "and I help evil manifest in the world".

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Again I would like to avoid poverty in a market where I am very unlikely to get a "non-evil" job. I don't want to keep trying to justify my position as I have already made myself a pariah. so I will just leave this here and encourage people in similar positions to read it. https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/SimpleSabotage.pdf

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    But are you doing any of that to your big evil company? Or is it easier to be a good worker and not risk getting fired?

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    You're asking someone who may literally work at a surveillance company to publicly admit to the stuff they linked? Personally I think it was a bad idea for them to post that link or even suggest they know it exists.

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