> Before you go condemning networking vendors think about weapons manufacturers. American companies routinely sell guns to countries that use them against their own citizens.
Yes, and that is something that ought to be illegal too.
Whether you're a bad person or not is not for me to say, you can make that judgment for yourself. Personally I would refuse to build such a feature and likely it would cost me my job. Then someone else, maybe you, would step in to do it anyway. So in the end my resistance would amount to 'nothing'. But I'd sleep a lot better because of that, as long as you don't lose sleep over it you're doing fine.
We all get to make these decisions on an individual basis.
Laws aren't always based in morality, even when they align with morals.
Even when a person commits a "bad" act, that does not necessarily make them a "bad person."
I think it doesn't make them a 'bad person' because people are always capable of changing (even if it only happens once in a while). And it doesn't make them a bad person because our actions are mostly a reaction to our environment, and we don't always have a correct/full view of it to begin with.
So, applying your judgments to a person who reacts to their environment based on limited information and experiences, and saying they are fundamentally good or bad may not be totally logical.
Then the saying "only God can judge" means that an omnipotent being, who perfectly understands everything, is the only being capable of perfect judgments and certain condemnation or praise.
What if the German people don't mind? Then in refusing to provide them with equipment you could otherwise provide, you are simply forcing your own beliefs on other people.
You will always find someone who minds (like me, in this case), and you will find people who don't mind. Whatever you do, you'll always influence the situation.
Yes, and that is something that ought to be illegal too.
Whether you're a bad person or not is not for me to say, you can make that judgment for yourself. Personally I would refuse to build such a feature and likely it would cost me my job. Then someone else, maybe you, would step in to do it anyway. So in the end my resistance would amount to 'nothing'. But I'd sleep a lot better because of that, as long as you don't lose sleep over it you're doing fine.
We all get to make these decisions on an individual basis.