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EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes (www.hackingbutlegal.com)

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When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was a confluence of state repression and the sometimes capricious attention of a Western audience that, as she asserts, often views Chinese activists more as ideological tokens than as genuine human beings.

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[-] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Why are they going after people who are supportive of them?

[-] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 1 year ago

The short answer is that she reported a security vulnerability in a popular Android keyboard. It basically operated as a keylogger. The logical assumption is that the government was using that to spy on people (even people using secure messengers) and did not appreciate the secret getting out to the public.

[-] Fisk400@feddit.nu 24 points 1 year ago

Because they are fascists with power. You can praise them all day every day but when it comes down if you are different in any way they will see you as a deviant and a sickness.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 14 points 1 year ago

Because of the reasons in the article?

[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Why are they going after people

Seems you haven't read the second half of the title, as well as the second half of the article.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

TBH I had trouble getting past

As an example, here she is comprehensively breaking down the capabilities (or lack thereof) of a high-tech filtration mask in a manner which is likely to be beyond your understanding

Just... Why?

[-] urshanabi@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It felt very condescending :/

I think you can congratulate or acknowledge someone's talents or skills without being off putting towards those who don't have them. I think the stuff the maker does is incredible and the tone by the journalist is strange, I would really like to know their reasoning to get a better understanding.

[-] Arcturus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because it's not enough.
She wasn't enough.
She doesn't fit the box perfectly.
And she was too popular to ignore.

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