Comment GTA 6 is gay. Not just gay, but DEI gay. For GAYS. (Score -1) 59
Comment Covid GRIFTERS. I NO LONGER "trust the science" (Score -1) 25
Comment Re:China is a totalitarian hell (Score 2) 142
These were people who worked in defence so anywhere behind the Iron Curtain was right out and I imagine Cuba would have been too. Even Austria was considered a risk, probably because so many spies would hang out there from both sides.
Or so they told me. I can't be entirely sure they weren't exagerrating.
Yes, certain destinations were off-limits to people who chose to work in defense, however that falls far shy of this "Exit Ban".
The US saying "If you travel to Cuba, you may face charges when you return" or even "You have been charged with a specific crime, so you cannot leave until the charges are resolved is significantly different from China saying "You are important to our plans, so you cannot leave the country at all, and neither can your immediate family", or forbidden a US citizen from leaving because of visa inconsistencies, much less the common situation where Chinese employers require staff to surrender their passports.
Yes, a judge can require the defendant to surrender their passport as a condition of bail, but the USA lacks effective exit controls, so that isn't actually a high barrier to exiting (but makes it tough to come back).
Comment Exit Bans (Score 2) 142
If, as the article suggests, this is an "Exit Ban" on certain individuals and extending to their family members, that's significantly more restrictive than anything the US has imposed on defense workers and top scientists other than during wartime.
Yes, people with sensitive jobs and a security clearance are strongly discouraged from visiting hostile nations, with a subset even being required to submit their travel plans before any foreign travel, but this is explained clearly when you accept employment directly with the US government, or start working under a government contract, and you're always free to not accept the job offer. And yes, all US citizens were for many years prohibited to travel to embargoed nations (Cuba). But this was nowhere near an "exit ban" on key personnel, much less on their family members!
When I held a clearance, I was never forbidden to leave the USA. I might not have a job when I get back, but that's not the same thing at all.
Comment MSM and Gemini - BRAINWASHING woke Slashdotters (Score 0, Funny) 47
Comment PHISHING-as-a-Service Platform: AZURE, WINDOWS... (Score -1) 43
Comment Slashdot WOKE Groupthink. DOUBLEPLUS-BAD. Baa baaa (Score -1) 372
Comment Woke Reuters is just WOKE-Communist Propaganda (Score -1, Troll) 159
Comment The woke EU Dictatorship is DESTROYING Europe (Score -1) 98
Comment GTA 6 == WOKE. Man is a SIMP to a Girl Boss. (Score -1) 39
Comment Re:So? DEI Feminst Woke Movies Are Boring (Score -1) 102
Comment So? DEI Feminst Woke Movies Are Boring (Score -1, Troll) 102
Comment How did they get bitten twice (Score 1) 56
No file integrity monitoring? No egress monitoring?
It seems insane that the agents were using it as a message board again for a week without anyone noticing.
Even if you ignore the security aspects, if this was emergent unexpected behaviour it seems deeply incurious to just spin a fresh instance up and not be checking whether it happens again.