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1Password faces backlash after funding Linux project linked to racist founder

1Password customers criticize the company for a $300,000 donation to a Linux distro founded by a figure known for racist posts.

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1Password pledged $300,000 to support Omacom, the nonprofit foundation that oversees the Linux distribution Omarchy. [1] The same quoted source claims that David Heinemeier Hansson has called for the ethnic cleansing of Europe and is an antivaxer, a Covid 'truther,' a proponent of the 'lab leak' conspiracy theory, an 'anti woke' individual, and virulently anti-DEI. [2] Customers of 1Password faced immediate backlash this week over the company's pledge in support of the Linux distro. [3] David Heinemeier Hansson has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for the deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe. [4] The quoted source states that an internal Slack message from 1Password's Roustem Karimov defending DHH as being attacked for his views was leaked to the press. [5]
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  1. 1Password pledged $300,000 to support Omacom, the nonprofit foundation that oversees the Linux distribution Omarchy. · theverge.com
  2. The same quoted source claims that David Heinemeier Hansson has called for the ethnic cleansing of Europe and is an antivaxer, a Covid 'truther,' a proponent of the 'lab leak' conspiracy theory, an 'anti woke' individual, and virulently anti-DEI. · ycombinator.com
  3. Customers of 1Password faced immediate backlash this week over the company's pledge in support of the Linux distro. · theverge.com
  4. David Heinemeier Hansson has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for the deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe. · theverge.com
  5. The quoted source states that an internal Slack message from 1Password's Roustem Karimov defending DHH as being attacked for his views was leaked to the press. · ycombinator.com
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