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Flirting with Trump is flirting with Nazism - Response to Andy Yen (CEO of Proton AG) on Reddit 📢📢📢 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Onyx376@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

andy88, if he cares about proton, should have resigned yesterday

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Isn't 88 neo-Nazi code for "heil Hitler"? And isn't putting it in binary to disguise it evidence that he knows full well what it means?

[–] Trent@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As much as I'm not terribly fond of the guy, IIRC he's 36, which makes '88' likely short for 1988, the year he was born.

[–] ZeroCool@feddit.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s correct, he was asked about it on Reddit too and confirmed it was just his birth year.

Since it’s a common dog whistle though I do think it’s always worth questioning. Particularly when it’s tied to someone licking Trump’s boots.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A lot of Nazis were supposedly born in 1988...

But in this specific case, i believe him.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Even if he is born in 1988, he could have picked a non-Nazi suffix for his username.

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is dumb lol

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hey, Nazi getting punched out

[–] DolphinMath@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not even a little in this situation. Maybe take your head out of your ass and stop spreading lies. He literally addressed this head on.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/comment/m7nr5ym/

His reply in text form:

It's the year I was born, and also a lucky number in Taiwan where I am from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#%3A%7E%3Atext=Number+88+symbolizes+fortune+and%2Csupermarkets+often+contain+many+8s.