Reading the discussion, it appears this policy was due to a customer request, and not some legal requirement.
I wonder how the HN crowd feels about that? There was a lot of talk recently about how companies should not sacrifice their values and kowtow to the demands of large clients.
As a company that values freedom of movement and is remote first, this prevents their employees from moving to where they want. Does this also mean they can’t vacation there either?
Or the infamous “signature strikes” that target individuals based on metadata? [1]
1. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/how-...