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In finance it's pretty common practice (and in that sense Coinbase is similar to a broker). I remember stories about how half (?) the people working at UBS Lond
by t_mann 4y ago
In finance it's pretty common practice (and in that sense Coinbase is similar to a broker). I remember stories about how half (?) the people working at UBS London came to work one morning to find that their badges didn't unlock the entrance gates anymore. And lots of stories like that in the years following the 2008 crash.
- rchaud 4y agoWouldn't their Blackberries be remotely deactivated first?
- CydeWeys 4y agoPhones stop working for lots of reasons other than "I've been fired". I'd still show up to work. It'd be pretty bad if your phone indeed had just stopped working, and rather going in to get it fixed, you just assumed you were fired and then stopped going into work, thus actually getting fired for not showing up.
- jabroni_salad 4y agoBES doing something reliably? That was a good laugh, thanks.
- Qub3d 4y agoThat is a major plot point in Margin Call, which is a dramatization of the initial housing bubble crash of 08: https://youtu.be/zn2Xf9hAFcE?t=461 https://youtu.be/zn2Xf9hAFcE?t=461
- t_mann 4y agoMost people there would probably come into work between 8 and 9am. Even if the phones were deactivated before then, most might not even have noticed (those that did notice might have had a premonition, but what are you going to do about it on your commute?).