So, as far as I understand, he was fined 3 years salary for doing the job he was hired to do (I consider using Google/Github as part of the job).
Utterly horrifying. Especially when you realize that merely accessing Google is illegal in China...
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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As I understand it, he was fined exactly the amount he earned over 3 years of a job where he was using a VPN.
Oh, in that case it's not horrifying at all. Who doesn't keep 3 years of past salary in their checking account for the occasional rainy day?
original source for this badly copied blogspam link: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/china-dev-fined-salary-vpn-10m-ecny-airdrop-asia-express/
Fuck the CCP