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Chinese-origin US Navy officer jailed for selling military secrets to China in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] dan_linder@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wenheng Zhao [...] received at least $14,866 in bribe in exchange for secret military information [...]

But a fine of only $5,500? It's apparently profitable to be a BAD spy, too

My opinion: the fine should be AT LEAST 2x (if not 10x) what the bribes were. And not dismissible in bankruptcy.

SpaceX executives worried Elon Musk was on drugs during 'cringeworthy' all-hands meeting, WSJ reports in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] dan_linder@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Birds of a feather got to stick together.

Cox deletes ‘Active Listening’ ad pitch after boasting that it eavesdrops though our phones in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] dan_linder@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

My take is two fold: 1- Marketing over selling their product (common practice) 2- The "always listening" devices are mainly their Smart Remotes that have a microphone built in.

#2 Seems the most likely as is a device fully in their control and can pull as much ad marketing / information gathering details from it as they want.