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Wall Street's WhatsApp Secret: Illegal Texting Is Out of Control

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Re: Wall Street's WhatsApp Secret: Illegal Texting Is Out of Control

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"Wall Street's Restaurant Secret: Illegal Talking over Lunch is Out of Control" > Dirty jokes and NSFW GIFs. Snaps of unsuspecting colleagues on the trading floor. Screenshots of confidential client positions. > All that -- and, on occasion, even legally dubious information -- is increasingly being trafficked over the new private lines of Wall Street: street-level restaurants like McDonalds and Taco Bell. > “They’re…

Paul Graham's "Submarine" definitely comes to mind. The suit is back!

It is unclear how the comment to which you replied led to you being reminded of "Submarine".

Re: Wall Street's WhatsApp Secret: Illegal Texting Is Out of Control

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I would argue there is no such thing as illegal texting. There is the illegal sharing of information, which takes the issue right back to the perp, not to an app.

Why didn't the political motivated demand to ban all TOYOTA trucks after ISIS was seen parading in hundreds of them unchallenged though the Middle East?

It is not the app, the truck, the gun. It's people.

Re: Wall Street's WhatsApp Secret: Illegal Texting Is Out of Control

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Well, it is an easy way to "sell" these things... Anyway, I've got two: paedophiles and terrorist. Apparently, traders have now joined that elite. I'm just surprised bankers didn't make it there first... given the public sentiment. (I'm not sure I have any position (heh) on the matter myself.)

And techies! /s

Indeed, we really are all awful people. /s

Re: Wall Street's WhatsApp Secret: Illegal Texting Is Out of Control

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Do you honestly think that's a feasible solution? Who in their right mind would work for a company that doesn't allow them to bring their personal phone to work? Unless it were required by law, no company would do that to their white collar employees -- they'd all leave for a company that doesn't treat them like eight year olds. (I feel like this would never be suggested on HN if we were discussing software companies…

That could also make employees more productive.

Could?

Re: Wall Street's WhatsApp Secret: Illegal Texting Is Out of Control

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Paul Graham's "Submarine" definitely comes to mind. The suit is back!

It is unclear how the comment to which you replied led to you being reminded of "Submarine".

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