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Crazy that this is possible at such a giant like Verizon. But it seems to happen more often than before.

It's more possible at giants, IMO. Level of technical competence/excellence tends to be inversely proportional to company size. FAANG might be exceptions, but IMO large companies (like big banks, etc) have a lot of hidden technical incompetence you can't see.

No exceptions for FAANG. There is technical incompetence all over in there too.

A major goal of the complex computing infrastructure at large orgs is to wall off the ignorance and/or incompetence to contain, mitigate, or prevent its consequences.

(Note that "ignorance" is not pejorative here: not everyone can know everything.)

Start the big fines and criminal investigations and itll be fixed tomorrow.

I have a feeling that ever since late January 2025 in the U.S., oversight and regulatory overview might be more lax than in the past, and there will less of those "pesky" fines and criminal investigations...which begs the question: will 2025 be the year of increased negligent and/or nefarious behavior - both from corporate entities as well as hackers?

...I gotta go take a walk near some nature and flowers, because i just depressed myself with my comment. :-(

And your comment was based on a feeling, not on evidence or actions.

There was an Executive Order [0], aimed at removing regulation.

[0] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unle...

* BitMEX the company and its founders received a Presidential pardon in the past week. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-pardon-bitmex-crypto-e...

* Several Consumer Protection Safety Board lawsuits were withdrawn in February: https://apnews.com/article/cfpb-drops-capital-one-rocket-law...

* New York Mayor Eric Adams's corruption case was dismissed in an apparent quid-pro-quo. White House official Thomas Howan asserted that he had an agreement with Adams on the morning news show Fox and Friends. Evidence indicated Adams accepted a hundred thousand dollars in benefits and bribes in exchange for helping the Turkish government certify a building permit. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trumps-b...

I don't think any amount of evidence of actions would convince you this isn't a vibe, but a clear pattern.

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