On: Google Engineers Refused to Build Security Tool to Win Military Contracts

[lexs]

don't you think there are better uses for "the smartest people on the planet" other than defense work?

[gaius → lexs]

Sure. But if they weren’t doing that they wouldn’t be curing cancer, they’d be working on more adtech, etc. The people making a big moral stand here were all perfectly OK with mass surveillance for commercial interests remember.

[kimdotcom → gaius]

Unfortunately, I agree.