Fuck AI

Yes, I work with people who have worked directly with the people at JetBrains. From what I know they are very friendly very western people. I can't imagine them being involved with Russia in any way.

I can also find zero sources online about this. The closest is Russia using security vulnerabilities in JetBrains software, as they do with all software. Security vulnerabilities that were handled appropriately by JetBrains.

There is however a very public statement from JetBrains about Russia and Ukraine stating they've pulled out of Russia. They got their people out and stopped anything they did there. Including work on a new campus they already put money into.

Long story short, JetBrains are good people creating useful tools. That dude made the whole thing up for unknown reasons.

I'm gonna refrain from commenting on the "spyware" accusation, but it is a fact that the company is founded by (ethnic) Russians and the majority of their employees are Russian.

This is from their LinkedIn; check out "Where they studied", at least the top 4 of those places are Russian:

Unsure what's the proper etiquette regarding linking to a specific comment on the fediverse, but see my comment in a different thread: https://lemmy.world/post/36788076/19733134.