First time hearing of Blind, can anyone share their experiences?
(working at a startup so can't just sign up and see it myself...)
Uber blocks employees at work from chatting on Blind App
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Re: Uber blocks employees at work from chatting on Blind App
#12This is hopefully a prelude to a Streisand effect type situation here, but my biggest reaction to this came in the ad below the piece: an "article" describing the reason behind the F and J bumps on any keyboard. Does there really need to be an article about that? It seems like common sense, or something you might learn in any typing exercise ever.
There are probably enough younger people around who've rare even used a physical keyboard, let alone have formal touch-typing training. I imagine mentioning the 'home row' would usually just get you a blank stare.
Re: Uber blocks employees at work from chatting on Blind App
#13So employees are trying to chat "anonymously" on a tech company's wifi network? Seems remarkably dumb for tech employees. It should be assumed as a given that any company or hotel wifi network is monitored and HTTPS is quite possibly is MITMed.
An employee's personal phone wouldn't accept the certificate if HTTPS was MITMed.
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#14Can I somehow register to be an Uber employee on the app without actually being one? Would love to read all the crap employees are going through as lessons learned when I start my own company (one day). Any ideas? The blind app requires an uber.com email address. Any employees want to help out a fellow HN'er?
Re: Uber blocks employees at work from chatting on Blind App
#15So employees are trying to chat "anonymously" on a tech company's wifi network? Seems remarkably dumb for tech employees. It should be assumed as a given that any company or hotel wifi network is monitored and HTTPS is quite possibly is MITMed.
An employee's personal phone wouldn't accept the certificate if HTTPS was MITMed.
If the employer uses an MDM as a precondition for email access, it might.
Re: Uber blocks employees at work from chatting on Blind App
#16So employees are trying to chat "anonymously" on a tech company's wifi network? Seems remarkably dumb for tech employees. It should be assumed as a given that any company or hotel wifi network is monitored and HTTPS is quite possibly is MITMed.
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Re: Uber blocks employees at work from chatting on Blind App
#17This is very much like a sign that Uber again takes an old path of silencing people and problems instead of fixing toxic culture. Makes me think that they also prepare to blackmail Fowler.
Seems like they have probably already started: https://twitter.com/susanthesquark/status/835193441814392833
This seems to be Uber's modus operandi every single time they're in trouble and it almost always seems to backfire on them, PR wise.
I'm curious though, what tipped her off? While I've worked at tech start-ups before and can believe all the behavior she outlined (because I've seen similar things myself, it's very believable) it still bothers me to continue to take someone's word at face value. I mean I do, I would trust what she says over Uber any day, but I wish more of this type of information was verifiable.
Re: Uber blocks employees at work from chatting on Blind App
#18Sounds like there's a pretty simple work around, just use mobile Internet not wifi. (You shouldn't use corporate wifi for a personal phone anyway)
Yeah, this move is just stupid. It's 2017 California, there are umpteen connectivity options.
It's literally an admission that what is written on Blind is actually true and leadership is in panic mode. The right response was to dismiss it all as gossip and act nonchalant; moving from the "laugh at you" step to the "fight you" step means they're on their way to defeat.
Re: Uber blocks employees at work from chatting on Blind App
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems like they have probably already started: https://twitter.com/susanthesquark/status/835193441814392833
This seems to be Uber's modus operandi every single time they're in trouble and it almost always seems to backfire on them, PR wise. I'm curious though, what tipped her off? While I've worked at tech start-ups before and can believe all the behavior she outlined (because I've seen similar things myself, it's very believable) it still bothers me to continue to take someone's word at face value. I mean I do, I would tr…
Likely an ex-colleague she kept in touch with, who tipped her that s/he had been tapped. I know I would react that way, if anyone started asking pointed questions about a friend.
Re: Uber blocks employees at work from chatting on Blind App
#20First time hearing of Blind, can anyone share their experiences? (working at a startup so can't just sign up and see it myself...)
I'm on the Microsoft Blind forum as a former FTE as they don't (yet) revalidate accounts.
MS was amongst the first, or perhaps the first, Blind forum. It started off as a successor to MiniMSFT so people used it to compare comp (salaries, raises, bonuses, stock awards) since then it's massively expanded into other companies all with their own private forums, there are also forums visible to everyone.
The most popular thread in the shared Tech industry forum is "What is your age and base salary?" and it makes for some soul-crushing reading (e.g. late-20s kids at Uber SF with $200k base, $400k stock).
Back on the MS forum, it's usually layoff rumours (one regular poster who comments on layoff rumour threads claims to be in HR), people asking how to get VSA severance, and people complaining about why Skype, OneDrive and SharePoint are so terrible.