Former WSJ reporter says law firm used Indian hackers to sabotage his career

Post by Zpalmtree » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 2:43 AM UTC

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An underappreciated negative aspect of equality is total lack of enthusiasm and incentive. As inequality is a guarantee - no two people are alike in any aspect and neither are their abilities as an employee - mandating (either by gun or union contract) lockstep equality in payments and job security, the highest performers are demoralized and put in the bare minimum or quit (if they can). The result is the ever-increa…

Sounds to me like we should eliminate the idea that high performance and achievement should be rewarded with wealth or being raised above others. Perhaps it would be better if people learned from a young age that achievement is its own reward? Are we such animals that we need special treats in order to do the right thing? I think it’s a childish attitude that if you don’t get more cookies than someone else that you’l…

Post by swayvil » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 3:17 AM UTC

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This is an angle of the uneven distribution of wealth that you seldom hear about. As long as there are rich and poor people, a rich person can hire a poor person to do basically anything. Overriding legality, decency, safety. Because the poor person just needs the money that bad. So you get people renting out their backyard as a toxic waste dump. Or murdering people. Or breathing smog. Or selling children. Crazy horr…

> ... Or murdering people. ... Oh come on. Is HN suddenly r/antiwork? I'm pretty sure conspiracy to commit murder is illegal in whatever your locale is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(criminal)

Post by Thorrez » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 3:31 AM UTC

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1. Foreign hacking groups are often beyond the reach of Western law enforcement. If a domestic threat had been to blame here, there would be legal/financial recourse for damage done. That's not the case here. Implicit in this article is the report of a new kind of warfare for which many Americans have no good defense against. 2. Standard editorial racism a la "The Oriental Threat".

Is that also why this is a civil suit and not criminal charges under the CFAA?

Post by NavinF » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 3:37 AM UTC

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I assume this has more to do with absolute poverty than relative poverty. If a person is starving they’ll do almost anything to eat. If they’re merely relatively poor, having an old car instead of a new one, a small house instead of a large house, it’s unlikely they’d go to extremes.

Relative poverty is also involved imo. Many people would go to extremes to ensure their children and their loved ones are guaranteed brighter economic futures. Life insurance companies wouldn't both explicitly exclude suicide and also do investigation to ensure a death wasn't suicide if it people weren't willing to literally die to ensure a brighter economic future for their dependents. Hell, I live very comfortably,…

Post by cuteboy19 » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 4:25 AM UTC

fareesh wrote: post #79

WFHRenaissance wrote: post #7

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1. Foreign hacking groups are often beyond the reach of Western law enforcement. If a domestic threat had been to blame here, there would be legal/financial recourse for damage done. That's not the case here. Implicit in this article is the report of a new kind of warfare for which many Americans have no good defense against. 2. Standard editorial racism a la "The Oriental Threat".

Indians will read this and not once think of racism Reminds me of the "voter ID is racist" argument