▲ 66 ▼ If I engage in anti-government activities and the government harasses my relatives for it, would those relatives be in the right to blame me for them getting harassed? (sh.itjust.works) submitted 7 months ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works [S] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children) How does a government harrass a relative? Any concrete example? My family are former Chinese nationals. Supposedly if you say bad stuff about the PRC government / CCP, they could go after your family members. My brother is planing to visit China in the near future. He got mad at me for texting him an anti-CCP joke (both US Phone Numbers) (he's also ideologically anti-CCP tho). He accused me of intentionally trying to cause trouble for him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Zak@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago He got mad at me for texting him an anti-CCP joke (both US Phone Numbers) He's right to be concerned. You should be using Signal far any communication you don't want sucked into a mass-surveillance system (i.e. most communication). He might not want to have Signal installed when he enters China though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grimy@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago Okay so obviously the government is in the wrong, but texting him about it does seem in bad taste. We aren't in the 90s anymore, you should at least try to be careful. They definitely can get access to what you are texting. I have trouble trusting even a VPN, personally. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago He got mad at me for texting him an anti-CCP joke (both US Phone Numbers) He's right to be concerned. You should be using Signal far any communication you don't want sucked into a mass-surveillance system (i.e. most communication). He might not want to have Signal installed when he enters China though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago Okay so obviously the government is in the wrong, but texting him about it does seem in bad taste. We aren't in the 90s anymore, you should at least try to be careful. They definitely can get access to what you are texting. I have trouble trusting even a VPN, personally. permalink fedilink source parent