foofighter
Jedi Council Member
Hi guys!
Not sure which forum to post this under, so I'll give it a shot here. I have something that I would appreciate your input on how to handle. Some time ago a business acquaintance of mine sent an email that at the end contained this line:
"I met couple of people in IL[Israel] that are really big fans of you they know all about you! Be careful if you plan to visit..."
Just out of the blue. At first I didn't know how to react. Was he saying what I thought he was saying!? Who in Israel could claim to be big "fans" of me and "know all about me" and then implicitly threaten me? And for what reason? Because I read this site? Because I have the "wrong" thoughts?
Well if they supposedly "know all about me" and don't want me to go there, the list becomes pretty short of who could say something like that. Fine. But how am I supposed to deal with this? Fear? Indignation? Shrug and move on like nothing happened? I feel angry and violated, and would like to do something about this, but I am not sure what. I could blog it, as a way to preempt any actions on their behalf, but that would cause questions from my coworkers on what is going on. I haven't done *anything* WRONG, but still. Gaaah.
Relevant to all of this is also that many of my industry peers, including myself, do work which is (whether we want it or not) used by intelligence agencies. I know my stuff is being used by at least one agency, and probably quite a few others. When I talk to my peers they frequently mention projects for alphabet soup projects that they've been involved in, or which use tools they've built. It's just a part of this life that one has to accept it seems. So, while we are all doing this, reluctantly or not, directly or indirectly, these agencies then has the balls to threaten us?! They need us more than we need them! If anything, they should fear the possibility that we stop producing tools that they can use for their dirty work.
That's about it. Any ideas on how to approach this? I'm fresh out...
Not sure which forum to post this under, so I'll give it a shot here. I have something that I would appreciate your input on how to handle. Some time ago a business acquaintance of mine sent an email that at the end contained this line:
"I met couple of people in IL[Israel] that are really big fans of you they know all about you! Be careful if you plan to visit..."
Just out of the blue. At first I didn't know how to react. Was he saying what I thought he was saying!? Who in Israel could claim to be big "fans" of me and "know all about me" and then implicitly threaten me? And for what reason? Because I read this site? Because I have the "wrong" thoughts?
Well if they supposedly "know all about me" and don't want me to go there, the list becomes pretty short of who could say something like that. Fine. But how am I supposed to deal with this? Fear? Indignation? Shrug and move on like nothing happened? I feel angry and violated, and would like to do something about this, but I am not sure what. I could blog it, as a way to preempt any actions on their behalf, but that would cause questions from my coworkers on what is going on. I haven't done *anything* WRONG, but still. Gaaah.
Relevant to all of this is also that many of my industry peers, including myself, do work which is (whether we want it or not) used by intelligence agencies. I know my stuff is being used by at least one agency, and probably quite a few others. When I talk to my peers they frequently mention projects for alphabet soup projects that they've been involved in, or which use tools they've built. It's just a part of this life that one has to accept it seems. So, while we are all doing this, reluctantly or not, directly or indirectly, these agencies then has the balls to threaten us?! They need us more than we need them! If anything, they should fear the possibility that we stop producing tools that they can use for their dirty work.
That's about it. Any ideas on how to approach this? I'm fresh out...