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Ask HN: Update about the Consulting company illegally uploading bank software
6 points by AussieOdyssey 10y ago|0 comments
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
Unfortunately there are no solutions. The consulting firm is too firmly entrenched within the bank and the bank cannot make any decision without harming themselves. I have resigned and I will post an update on HN soon.
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
No progress at all. I am about to give up and start looking for new contract. Consulting company: Does NOT want to talk about it at all. Bank: They were shocked by the news but since I am not their employee they can't reveal their deci
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
Thank you for being helpful. I really appreciate it. I did checkout /r/auslaw and noticed that do not provide any legal advice under any circumstances.
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
Thank you for the polite response. I did speak to the consulting company HR and their response was extremely rude with them going as far as saying they will make sure I never get a contract with anyone else in "(this city)" The fe
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
>It sounds like you're a good guy who want to do the right thing As much as I sound like I am trying to do the right thing all I am doing is avoid going to jail by doing illegal things and earning to feed my family
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
>consulting company's open door policy Just a heads up (regardless of my case): Company open door policy exists to protect the company. Even the HR is there to protect the company. Even in US, whistle-blowing or rocking the boat wil
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
Just a clarification that I posted here: By "public github" I meant code on the internet (from the bank intranet) and accessible to anyone in the consulting company (public as in public network). There are multiple modules and the
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
> I understand that the code is being moved out of the local intranet onto a non-corporate-managed Web service Spot on and this is what I meant. By "public github" I meant code on the internet but accessible to anyone in the co
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
Off topic: It would be good to have C-Corp and be taxable at both corporate and individual levels because companies pay a flat tax while individuals are tiered. This way we can choose our salary and leave the rest in company. This however s
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
1. Theoretically I am the asshole. I refused to push the code to github and the company refused to pay me. 2. Yes, I refused to do it until proper channels were established but I ended up looking like a sore thumb when other employees didn&
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
>OP's employer did set up a private github repo where contractors collaborate on bank's code. This is correct. They are not doing anything criminal. They just want to make sure all employees start working from Day 0. However th
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
Sorry, that's not what I meant. I mean *.github.com and NOT an enterprise level private repository. If you go to the company's public github & bitbucket profile you cannot see the project but you can see all the devs and all t
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
Yes, what you are saying is true and that is indeed how I have worked in financial industries. I have my own ACN (C-Corp) consulting company with Indemnity/Liability insurance through which I work. However this muddies up as I consult
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
I will neither confirm nor deny this.
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
You can see the company's github profile but you cannot see the project. It's only for the consulting company employees. The commenter below explains it right. It's moved out of intranet into the internet without consent to a
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
This is correct. It's a "public github" as in it's on *.github.com with access to all employees of the consulting company regardless of the background check (That's the whole idea of them moving to their github repo
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
The consultant is running wireless hotspots to copy the software. All I want is the contract money they agreed to pay me for this project. They froze the payment because I complained about this, at best unethical, behaviour.
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
I have worked in Financial sector for a long time and know that copying bank software illegally is criminal in US and probably civil in Australia. I program for the bank via the consulting company and my code is on the internet. Plus my con
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
100% public github because they want to give access to new employees who do not have access to enterprise system.
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by AussieOdyssey 10y ago
There are strict security in place to prevent any "leaks" of software which means all USB ports are disabled in company devices, the company network has disable git/github/bitbucket and our security manual explicitly sta
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Ask HN: I work for consulting firm that's illegally moving bank code to GitHub
80 points by AussieOdyssey 10y ago|78 comments