thepasswordis 1 day ago

One step would be not to locate all of the call centers in countries where “stealing money from elderly Americans” is a noticeable part of their GDP.

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kragen 1 day ago

You are writing this as if you know what countries Coinbase's call centers are located in and the role of organized crime in their economies, but you don't actually know either of those things.

apercu 1 day ago

Lol, that's because while Coinbase emphasizes its commitment to security and compliance specific details about the geographic distribution of its offshore personnel are not disclosed in its public filings.

kragen 1 day ago

My perspective was more "That's because you post contentious statements in public fora with no reason to believe that they are true, hoping to get a big reaction by offending people."

AustinDev 1 day ago

The fact that offshore support is allowed to access KYC information for US-based customers should be against some sort of regulation.

ivewonyoung 1 day ago

You mean like in the USA?

> ...bribed AT&T employees at a call center in Bothell, Washington, to "use their network credentials and exceed their authorized access to AT&T's computers to submit large numbers of fraudulent and unauthorized unlock requests on behalf of the conspiracy and to install malware and unauthorized hardware on AT&T's systems," according to the indictment.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/att-employees-bribed-1m-unlo...

dttze 1 day ago

Not sure how bribing employees to unlock phones early is comparable to defrauding elderly people.

ivewonyoung 1 day ago

Read my comment further:

> ..install malware and unauthorized hardware on AT&T's systems

That's not as harmless as unlocking phones early. A major carrier that has access to texts, geolocations, and call logs being hacked like that is extremely concerning.