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AussieOdyssey

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  1. story
    Ask HN: Update about the Consulting company illegally uploading bank software

    What: A consulting company that I am (was) working for is uploading all bank software from the intranet to github on their repository. While not accessible to public, any employee …

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    Comment #13686640

    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…

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    Comment #13683925

    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 sin…

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    Comment #13683505

    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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    Comment #13683323

    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…

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    Comment #13683264

    >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 th…

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    Comment #13683256

    >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.…

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    Comment #13683240

    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 p…

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    Comment #13683206

    > 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 …

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    Comment #13682851

    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 cho…

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    Comment #13682746

    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 e…

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    Comment #13682698

    >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…

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    Comment #13682657

    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 …

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    Comment #13682637

    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 thro…

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    Comment #13682510

    I will neither confirm nor deny this.

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    Comment #13682501

    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 in…

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    Comment #13682485

    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 …

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    Comment #13679357

    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 complain…

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    Comment #13679351

    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 co…

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    Comment #13679334

    100% public github because they want to give access to new employees who do not have access to enterprise system.

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    Comment #13679303

    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/bitbucke…

  22. story
    Ask HN: I work for consulting firm that's illegally moving bank code to GitHub

    A big bank in Australia has outsourced its work to my consulting company and when I started work at this bank (One of the biggest in Australia) I noticed that my consulting company…