Serious hypothetical:

[madamesilverspurs]

You own a business that requires cyber security.

Would you hire Edward Snowden?

[The Philosopher]

1. The way business is done today

you do not hire someone to do right by other people and their interests, but by you and your interests.

[one_voice]

2. no.

he's dishonest.

He's proven he can't be trusted.

He took the job with the express purpose of stealing information. Someone pulled his strings, imo.

Makes me wonder what got him to do it. He gave up a pretty good salary, family, a girl, I don't believe he didn't out of the goodness of his heart.

Just what I think. Who knows though...

[Incitatus]

3. Yes

My business would be doing nothing illegal or unethical, so I would trust his expertise.

[Autumn]

4. Sure. He seems to have some talent with computers.

I'm pretty honest and I don't spy on American citizens.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

5. Does my businesss do questionable or illegal things?

Or at the very least does my business do things that may indeed be illegal but we will never divulge it one way or another?

[Jamaal510]

6. Hiring

someone who I know is a thief would be asking for trouble.

[Safetykitten]

7. What kind of business? Gay escort service? Kitten babysitting? Candles R Us?

[defacto7]

8. If I were to hire cyber security or simply a technical operator,

I would make sure I understood every aspect of the service deployed including being able to stand into their position on a moments notice. Outside of that, I do my own cyber security and trust no one in that respect. Seems paranoid but since I do cyber security and technical managing I know how it can be done to look secure to the business owner and not be secure at all either due to negligence, stupidity or malice. Cyber security is oxymoronic anyway.

Would I hire Snowden? It matters not.

[Union Scribe]

9. Depends on if I'm doing anything shady.

If so, no way.