On 2/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ======== > I have a friend who works for a computer consulting firm. > > They were offered a job to write some software for handing China's telephone > satellite system. (I think I have that right. Anyway, it was the telephone > system, and I think it involved a satellite). > > The government wanted them to leave a back door in the software so they could > spy on their citizens. I.E. If they made antigovernment statements they might > be arrested. > > My friend wrestled with his conscience (it wasn't said why the Chinese > government wanted a backdoor, but he could deduce it). > > He told his boss he couldn't do it and why. Big contract. > > The consulting firm turned down the job. Well-aware aware someone else WOULD > do it. > > But still... I felt glad his boss supported him and showed backbone. > > I don't think he'll mind I shared this, I've kept it general enough. > > Marnie aka Doe >
I applaud your friends for the stance they took. If everyone thought and acted the same way, maybe places like China would change their ways. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
