[deadbabe]

perfect example of why you shouldn’t bother hiring these cheap offshore engineers.

you’re hiring an engineer thousands of miles away in another country for a fraction of the cost of an American engineer and you just assume they can be trusted with access to your most sensitive data and systems? And that they even are who they say they are and not just a frontman for some cabal?

[jfengel]

How trustworthy is that American?

You know that the North Korean is untrustworthy, but that's kind of a special case. Is a random American more trustworthy than a random Bangladeshi or Slovakian?

I suppose that you have a bit more ability to do background checks on US citizens. But those background checks aren't so great, either.

[graemep]

A random person in your own country is more trustworthy for two reasons.

1. background checks 2. more ability to meet face to face. 3. ability to go after them for wrongdoing (either civil cases or chances of getting the police to follow up on anything criminal.

[jfengel]

And off by one errors.

[graemep]

See? If I had not offshored that comment I would have written three!

[miki123211]

They thought they were hiring American engineers, though.

The only way to prevent this is to do in-person only, but that's another can of worms.

[pixl97]

I mean at least have some in person and commonly check in with video calls.

Heh, maybe we need to make a 2FA device with biometrics and GPS, where it's setup in person the first time.