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Re: Tencent WeChat is now a GitHub secret scanning partner

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Post by astrange » Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 2:04 PM UTC

MonkeyClub wrote: post #80

astrange wrote: post #52

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Generally when you come up with something from first principles that appears to be "terrifyingly obvious", that thing is false. Microsoft's mission in life is to do whatever its directors want, insofar as its shareholders don't get /too/ annoyed about this, and to not break the law. They have no actual "obligations" or "fiduciary duties" to keep increasing profits or anything like that.

So they have no duty towards the general public either, until the public’s too irritated with them, and calls for overview. How’s that better, or any different at all?

I don't understand what you're trying to say here.

Re: Tencent WeChat is now a GitHub secret scanning partner

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Post by anaganisk » Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 1:04 AM UTC

trompetenaccoun wrote: post #130

anaganisk wrote: post #85

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Wait a second, the requirement of a government to get a sim card is kinda standard practice in multiple countries. Also, when it comes to privacy, US based companies must be last ones to talk, like as if China is the only bad guy who infringes upon peoples right to privacy. China is dangerous, but it's not the only dangerous thing in the room. Also, your comment doesn't make sense. If you are committing your public c…

You may have misunderstood. There is no way to anonymously access Weixin from China unless you have hacked credentials. You need a phone number. Note that local Weixin and foreign Wechat are not the same. Last time my Mainland friend bought a SIM card the vendor had a government app on his phone, snapped a picture of my friend's face, scanned the ID (身份证) and had him take a fingerprint with a reader he also had conne…

Github here isn't supporting China govt, they're partnering with companies that want to provide a regex to their credentials. And I dont know where you hail from but, Im from India and I have a govt issued mandatory id card that has multiple biometrics and my photo associated to it. And to get a sim card I need to provide that ID and authenticate with my fingeprints. Also tell me which US companies isn't drooling over China contracts, and to an extension orther local hostile activites. There is literally a recent story where using facial recognition Madison square garden denied entry to an attorney, who was related to a company that is in litigation with its parent company. Buy yeah China Bad.

Re: Tencent WeChat is now a GitHub secret scanning partner

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Post by MonkeyClub » Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 1:18 PM UTC

astrange wrote: post #141

MonkeyClub wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So they have no duty towards the general public either, until the public’s too irritated with them, and calls for overview. How’s that better, or any different at all?

I don't understand what you're trying to say here.

They’re not your friends, they’re out to profit from anything they can grab from you, so on principle, DON’T TRUST THEM.

Re: Tencent WeChat is now a GitHub secret scanning partner

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Post by astrange » Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 4:13 PM UTC

MonkeyClub wrote: post #143

astrange wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand what you're trying to say here.

They’re not your friends, they’re out to profit from anything they can grab from you, so on principle, DON’T TRUST THEM.

They’re not out to profit from anything they can get though. They’re out to do Microsoft things.

This is pretty obvious; most companies stay in their industry even if it becomes irrelevant. Furniture companies rarely switch to software and software companies rarely just start selling heroin. (Except for gacha games.)