I have recordings proving Coinbase knew about breach months before disclosure

Once did some programming/networking work for a company that did the networking of a office sharing building that Coinbase was running out of. Early in my work there I noticed that the company had its admin passwords written on a whiteboard -- visible from the hallway because they had glass for walls. So I sent them an email to ask that they remove it (I billed them for it).

Their fix was to put a piece of paper over the passwords.

What a time.

This doesn’t surprise me at all.

Bitcoin, and really fintech as a whole, are beyond reckless.

You say that but I work in fintech (granted, one of the larger more corporate ones, after an acquisition) and we are heavily regulated, and audited.

>You say that but I work in fintech (granted, one of the larger more corporate ones, after an acquisition) and we are heavily regulated, and audited.

I have seen some toe curling shit in fintech.

timetravelling the ledger anyone ? :)

I once had a banking app that reported the wrong transaction amounts (downloading the statements resulted in a different balance than what was shown in my account -- this isn't the US, so it should show the correct amount). When I reported the bug, they changed the values on my statements instead of fixing the app -- so now, it didn't reflect my receipts.

It was a fun time. They eventually fixed it in the app to show my true balance and fixed my statements back to what it was. But holy shit, the fact that an engineer would think that would be the proper fix is wild... this is pre-llms, otherwise, I'd think they'd been vibe-coding.

Pre-LLM or vibe-coding, it is the same shit ultimately I'd say: shitty developers doing software development. :D

I tend to avoid auto-cashiers. It's mostly because I find they don't save any time, and just exist to fire cashiers.

One place that they basically force you to use it, is my local drug store (big chain, that I won't call out by name).

Their auto-cashier absolutely sucks. It's almost impossible to avoid having an issue that requires you waiting around for the poor schulb to come over and fix.

They recently set up touchscreens, at the prescription counter.

I have not once had success with the touchscreen. It can never find me, or my wife. They always have to just take my information manually.

I suspect that the backend (the algorithm and main engine) is good. I think almost all the problems are with shoddy frontend stuff. For example, I think the touchscreen issue is capitalization, and the old system cut off our surnames, so I actually have to type in about half my name, in all caps, to have it find my prescription.

I feel personally offended, when I encounter stuff like that.