Public static final int EM_NATION_TYPE_UYGUR = 1;

[busrf]

This makes me sick, because I could see myself and many people I know doing the same thing, under the right circumstances, without even very much coercion needed, just writing a bit of business logic...

Totalitarianism is sustained by ordinary people looking forward to shipping the feature and having a nice dinner out on the weekend.

[q3k]

Direct link to the code: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gaomingbo/dahua-netsdk/mas...

[boruto]

https://github.com/hysios/dhnetsdk.v2/blob/815d0dece7f79d478... In go as well.

[cirosantilli]

Do we have any proof that this code actually comes from the company in question? E.g. can it be found under https://www.dahuasecurity.com/support/downloadCenter/downloa... ?

[nabla9]

Dahua Technology - Leading Video Surveillance Solutions.

[ars]

Is the constant used anywhere? What does it change?

[ddevault]

Code like this doesn't happen unless a programmer sits down and writes it. You have a responsibility to refuse to write code which is morally wrong. This is the cost if you don't: real human lives.

[gregoriol]

In China programmers probably can't refuse without very huge consequences for them and their own families.

[dgentile]

From purely a programming perspective: Have they not heard of enums?

[szatkus]

https://twitter.com/q3k/status/1322949727600680962/photo/1

I'm wondering what -1 could mean in that context.

[SteveHawk27]

That comment translates to: "charm value, -1 means invalid, 0 means not recognized, it ranges from 1-100 when detecting, higher the score means more charming."

[curiousgal]

This is absolutely disheartening. You would think, seeing how ferociously people attack Holocaust deniers, that we have learned our lesson but it is absolutely not the case.

[ars]

"Never again". And here it's happening right in front of our eyes.

And no one can do anything because a war with China would be worse, and because China is not attacking outside its own borders.

There's some quote I can't find about countries that only do atrocities inside their borders are never held to account for them.

[the_resistence]

Never forget.

[valbaca]

To help someone else with context:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs

[jgwil2]

So, github should terminate this account immediately. But why is this source open to begin with?

[uranusjr]

Because you have the code, and why not? The same mentality as everyone sharing mp3 online back in the day.

[inshadows]

Why? Is censorship in free society going to help? How?

HN should terminate your account immediately. See? It works both ways. Don't play with fire.

[rambojazz]

[disclaimer] Coming from EU context.

Sorry but what is the issue here? Because they use a special value for Uyghurs? We don't know the context why they did that, do we? Maybe it is totally fine. I would not see a problem with any other _NATION value...

[rasz]

Imagine UK company providing hardware for their CCTV network had this code under the hood:

    EM_NATION_TYPE_PIKEY = 1

[zingplex]

Following in the proud tradition of IBM I see [1] and Facebook [2][3]. At this point it may be worth considering creating a professional code of ethics saying something about genocide being bad.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/IBM-Holocaust-Strategic-Alliance-Corp... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo... [3] https://www.vice.com/en/article/xg897a/hate-speech-on-facebo...

[mgraczyk]

I'd say there is a pretty big difference between actively building software to accomplish a goal, vs failing to remove content posted by others to accomplish their goals.