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It’s interesting the lengths people here go to blame the victim, but not the Chinese CCP.

You know, the ones that actually did the spying.

That’s an odd take. The CCP was literally doing their job, just like US and other spy agencies also engage in espionage. Whether or not they “should” be doing so is a geopolitical debate that it’s easy to moralize about but difficult to change.

Huang had many responsibilities that he failed to live up to. Sure, he’s a victim of sorts, but he also failed everyone.

Sorry, pathetic.

It was the Mr Huang's personal weakness that enabled the spying.

I've said before. This was a private matter, and I will not crucify him for his mistake / weakness - though it does speak somewhat to his character.

However, the spying element of this is absolutely deserving of blame. The personal weakness he's shown has enabled a national security risk. That's no small thing.

Let's pretend I took drugs and got caught. That's a personal matter.

Now let's pretend I took drugs and then ran over a family while driving. It's no longer 'just' a personal matter, despite my having zero intent to harm. But I bet you'd still, and should, blame me as my personal failing led to significant harm. Manslaughter is different to murder, but it's still blaming me for what I'd done. Rightly.

that is a good point in the strict POV of the "spy" problem.

most people seem to be mad with the fact he cheated on his wife. That does not draw him as a "great guy, friend of the pc gaming community" but cheating on his wife is barely a scratch given everything else he also did.

tl;dr: gpu man put his thing into a chinese honeypot.