2019-11-09 | Senior GitLab exec resigns over plan to stop hiring engineers in China and Russia • The Register
'In an email to The Register on Friday, a GitLab spokesperson said, "GitLab can confirm that Candice Ciresi has resigned from GitLab. '
'Individuals participating in the discussion who appears to be located in China and Russia mostly object to the proposal. '
'Ciresi went on to argue that China and Russia were not selected because of legal requirements, risk analysis, or other legitimate criteria. ', "It's suggested in the discussion that an enterprise customer asked specifically for a guarantee that admins in China and Russia could not access its data through GitLab and GitLab has no technical means to prevent that."
'Pilloried on social media and internally for embracing amorality and censorship, the company reversed its ill-considered policy the next day. '
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0 u/derram 09 Nov 2019 02:42
https://archive.ph/fsdXq :
'In an email to The Register on Friday, a GitLab spokesperson said, "GitLab can confirm that Candice Ciresi has resigned from GitLab. '
'Individuals participating in the discussion who appears to be located in China and Russia mostly object to the proposal. '
'Ciresi went on to argue that China and Russia were not selected because of legal requirements, risk analysis, or other legitimate criteria. ', "It's suggested in the discussion that an enterprise customer asked specifically for a guarantee that admins in China and Russia could not access its data through GitLab and GitLab has no technical means to prevent that."
'Pilloried on social media and internally for embracing amorality and censorship, the company reversed its ill-considered policy the next day. '
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0 u/kobold 09 Nov 2019 03:41
is that microsoft owned?
0 u/psimonster 09 Nov 2019 04:23
Microsoft bought GitHub, not GitLab.
0 u/Master_Foo 09 Nov 2019 04:37
"Director of Global Risk and Compliance" Why would a DGRC be opposed to mitigating global risks? I'm betting she's either a Chinese or Russian spy.
0 u/videocodec 09 Nov 2019 05:35
They had to kick off the Chinese and Russians as they make the pajeets look like the incompetent morons that they are.