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I did this, kind of. I was interviewing for a financial company that went to some effort to hide their location for operational security, met them at a local ca
by throwaway6272 2y ago
I did this, kind of. I was interviewing for a financial company that went to some effort to hide their location for operational security, met them at a local cafe where we talked about physical security, and then casually mentioned that I was staying at an airbnb across the road from their office and we could walk back together. It took a couple of calls to find someone who happily told me their registered address. They were creeped out but hired me anyway.
- aspenmayer 2y agoWouldn't their registered address be public information? I understand that corporations may use agents/lawyers for that kind of thing, with layers of shell companies, but in theory this kind of info is able to be discovered and deduced from tax records, incorporation documents, and for publicly traded companies, SEC filings, etc. Cool story! I'm glad you got the job! Anything else about your sleuthing you'd care to add? I'm intrigued.
- rcxdude 2y agoA business needs a registered address, but it doesn't need to be the address of their main offices. It's quite common to have a registered address which is just a forwarding agency.
- aspenmayer 2y agoI guess you could mail a cellphone or AirTag to their registered address, then even if they find it and don’t forward it, you could follow the person(s) who fetch or deliver the mail to the company location. You could maybe even skip the mailing step and just watch the registered address and trace the movements of everyone who visits that location. Do you have any other methods you can think of?
- Atotalnoob 2y agoWatching the location is a bad idea. I’d hazard a guess that most forwarding agencies have more than 1 customer, so you’ll be on a bunch of wild goose chases. Also forwarding agencies probably don’t visit the clients locations often.
- aspenmayer 2y agoSo what do you suggest?