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by dakiol 647 days ago
In that case, wouldn’t it make sense to use an English name and a fake profile picture of a white male? These 2 things are one click away. If I were trying to spread malware, I wouldn’t use a chinese name!
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Exactly. This is just reactionary fear-mongering. Once you start thinking about it a bit more, it completely falls apart: - what about expats living in China? - what about Chinese citizens living abroad? - what about Chinese born citizens that have switch nationalities?

Again, the point I’m making is that we’re even entertaining the discussion because of the target country.