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Yet they are listed on the site that claims to only have YC companies. Very odd.
I don’t know why they are on there, but YC startups list their batch and year in parentheses on job posts, e.g. (W25). Example: https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/88812 The Plaid listing you linked doesn’t have a batch by their name.
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OpenAI is now run by former Meta executives.
Okay, what concrete harms has Meta done with this information? At best you have some creeps using it to stalk their exes, which is bad, but a far cry from the AI takeover scenario implied by OP.
Meta has also decided "functionality needs to be provided though we have explicit confirmation from the (Burmese) government that they're going to use it against dissidents" which has historically included imprisonment and torture, so...
Plenty of concrete harms.
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The same info is also on checks, and there's an established story around fraud there -- if I didn't authorize an ACH withdrawal then my bank is legally required to make me whole. If I hand over my username+password to a third party, I'm on my own. Also, the routing+account numbers just let them deposit/withdraw money, not snoop on all my transactions and harvest my data...
This is a common belief, but the CFPB has stated your bank is still legally required to make you whole in the event of fraud even if you handed over your username and password to a third party, and that any bank TOS stating otherwise are not valid. This is covered on the CFPB Electronic Fund Transfers FAQ, under the Error Resolution: Unauthorized EFTs, Question 8: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/compliance/compliance…