• dandi8@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    So, as far as I understand, he was fined 3 years salary for doing the job he was hired to do (I consider using Google/Github as part of the job).

    Utterly horrifying. Especially when you realize that merely accessing Google is illegal in China…

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      1 year ago

      As I understand it, he was fined exactly the amount he earned over 3 years of a job where he was using a VPN.

      • chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        Oh, in that case it’s not horrifying at all. Who doesn’t keep 3 years of past salary in their checking account for the occasional rainy day?