China dev fined 3 yrs’ salary for VPN use - eviltoast
  • Affidavit@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Hmm… To debate with a conspiracy theorist or not… Such a difficult choice.

    You know what, let me try something different…

    You win this debate! I concede! Although I am not an American and don’t live in America, I am a stooge of the American imperialists! And yes, like the other 8.1 billion people on the planet (sans you, of course), I live on stolen land! Have mercy!

    • nighty@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      You know you can’t take in information wholesale, right? News corporations have their biases. So do individuals. When talking about countries regarded as foreign adversaries, most of these reports about an unnamed individual tend to be bullshit.

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        1 year ago

        Did you even read the comment chain you’re responding to? You know, the one where I said it is ‘good to show genuine scepticism’? Or the one after that, where I linked the ‘unnamed’ individual’s alleged GitHub?

        I am not the one being overly trusting here. I think it is ‘likely’ that this story is true. I researched it, looked at the significant amount of evidence, and I am still not 100% convinced. That is far more than what I can say for you people replying to me en masse who all assume the story must be an American plot with absolutely no evidence to back up this claim.

        Ugh, I need to figure out a way to unsubscribe from replies to a post. You people are bonkers.

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          1 year ago

          Woah you read some anonymous person’s social media page and went to a GitHub page that may or may not be connected to the same person?

          Fuck, call the Pulitzer committee, we got ourselves an investigative journalist.

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            1 year ago

            Please keep responding to my comments everyone. I’ve decided to take this as an opportunity to block as many of you annoying mosquitoes as possible so I don’t have to deal with you in the future.

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          1 year ago

          So let’s get this straight, the unnamed individual has a name. The dude who got busted for overseas contract work using a VPN is still committing his work on GitHub… which requires a VPN. Either we’re not getting the full story, or we’re just being lied to for internet clout.

          If you’re not 100% convinced, why are you trying to defend this article as if it were fact?

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      And yes, like the other 8.1 billion people on the planet (sans you, of course), I live on stolen land! Have mercy!

      Engaging in genocide minimization to own the socialists.