This is a Dystopian timeline: My wife was let go after 25 years working for the same bank this morning.
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This is a Dystopian timeline: My wife was let go after 25 years working for the same bank this morning. In an apparent oops, the bank's IT department hard wiped ALL her IOS devices remotely, while she was on the road driving, relying on the GPS function.
The screw you cherry on top? Our apartment building in its infinite wisdom a couple years back switched all building locks to the Latch app.
So she was LOCKED OUT OF OUR HOUSE.
Oh, and the Latch maintained intercom at our front door is out of order.
Thanks for that. Sheesh.
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This is a Dystopian timeline: My wife was let go after 25 years working for the same bank this morning. In an apparent oops, the bank's IT department hard wiped ALL her IOS devices remotely, while she was on the road driving, relying on the GPS function.
The screw you cherry on top? Our apartment building in its infinite wisdom a couple years back switched all building locks to the Latch app.
So she was LOCKED OUT OF OUR HOUSE.
Oh, and the Latch maintained intercom at our front door is out of order.
Thanks for that. Sheesh.
If the device was mandatory for work then the employer reslly should have provided a dedicated device for work 🫤
I wonder what a decent lawyer would make of this?
Effectively the device was remotely accessed and wiped without permission, which should be a criminal offence.
Any backups? 😟
Edit: Inexpensive Samsung phones exist which are more than capable of acting as 2FA/2SA devices or for work contacts 😉
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This is a Dystopian timeline: My wife was let go after 25 years working for the same bank this morning. In an apparent oops, the bank's IT department hard wiped ALL her IOS devices remotely, while she was on the road driving, relying on the GPS function.
The screw you cherry on top? Our apartment building in its infinite wisdom a couple years back switched all building locks to the Latch app.
So she was LOCKED OUT OF OUR HOUSE.
Oh, and the Latch maintained intercom at our front door is out of order.
Thanks for that. Sheesh.
The company’s head of HR should be livid. If they aren’t, whoever they report to should be livid. Your wife, I assume, is unlikely to become violent. But (and I realize it often doesn’t seem this way) handling separations well is important for workplace safety. Your wife is undoubtedly processing a lot of emotions and may not want to get into it, and unfortunately I don’t see an angle where she gets much more than an apology. But that IT person should face consequences.
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This is a Dystopian timeline: My wife was let go after 25 years working for the same bank this morning. In an apparent oops, the bank's IT department hard wiped ALL her IOS devices remotely, while she was on the road driving, relying on the GPS function.
The screw you cherry on top? Our apartment building in its infinite wisdom a couple years back switched all building locks to the Latch app.
So she was LOCKED OUT OF OUR HOUSE.
Oh, and the Latch maintained intercom at our front door is out of order.
Thanks for that. Sheesh.
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It's an oopsie, but.
This is LOUD WARNING. Read the above and realize how much power tech bro systems have over your life.
What happened was trivial to produce and impossible to resist.
Like Teslas that locked people inside while burning.
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This is a Dystopian timeline: My wife was let go after 25 years working for the same bank this morning. In an apparent oops, the bank's IT department hard wiped ALL her IOS devices remotely, while she was on the road driving, relying on the GPS function.
The screw you cherry on top? Our apartment building in its infinite wisdom a couple years back switched all building locks to the Latch app.
So she was LOCKED OUT OF OUR HOUSE.
Oh, and the Latch maintained intercom at our front door is out of order.
Thanks for that. Sheesh.
@feoh This is an awful situation but just to clarify some things
It's not technically required to give the company that much power over your personal iOS devices. They could have asserted much less control and still been secure.
I have worked for a financial institution where I brought my own iOS device. When I was offboarded, they could wipe only apps associated with the company. I had to reinstall my Gmail for personal use and re-login, but was otherwise fine.
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@feoh This is an awful situation but just to clarify some things
It's not technically required to give the company that much power over your personal iOS devices. They could have asserted much less control and still been secure.
I have worked for a financial institution where I brought my own iOS device. When I was offboarded, they could wipe only apps associated with the company. I had to reinstall my Gmail for personal use and re-login, but was otherwise fine.
This is the right way to do things.
The bank's IT department will be liable for all of her extra expenses, and the Bank's HR department should be involved, as well as the bank's insurance company.
No proper off-boarding procedure, which means that they cannot confirm that everything was done properly.
If the banks IT department are screwing up like this, then where else are they failing to do their job.
Report them, and act as whistleblowers to the insurance company.
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This is the right way to do things.
The bank's IT department will be liable for all of her extra expenses, and the Bank's HR department should be involved, as well as the bank's insurance company.
No proper off-boarding procedure, which means that they cannot confirm that everything was done properly.
If the banks IT department are screwing up like this, then where else are they failing to do their job.
Report them, and act as whistleblowers to the insurance company.
You'll get the whistleblowers protections from the insurance company, as well as setting up the bank's IT department for a full audit.
Add in a call to the regulator, as these actions mean that they will be acting out of compliance with the security reg's for their banking licence.
Bonus points if you own any stocks in the bank, as that makes you a minority stockholder which adds in another set of legal protections.
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It's an oopsie, but.
This is LOUD WARNING. Read the above and realize how much power tech bro systems have over your life.
What happened was trivial to produce and impossible to resist.
Like Teslas that locked people inside while burning.
@kevinrns for this very reason there must be no critical infrastructure (like locks to one's house, flat or even a car; also other services used by communities - as simple as a gate) dependant on both centralized and always online services, having access to wireless connectivity or, in case of cars, phones and the like, even onboard electric energy as it might fail.
Too many things which can and eventually will break between the ends.
How many such deadlocks did we put into everything?
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