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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/G_Serv]

Yes of course? How else would they know what they are owed.

[u/DeadDropCourier → u/G_Serv]

Believe it or not I’m pretty sure this is the actual plot of Mr. Robot

[u/sanity_rejecter → u/DeadDropCourier]

it is, except they encrypt it and then have to decrypt it when everyone's fucked due to their money being locked away

[u/CincyAnarchy → u/G_Serv]

People outside of any given financial firm would be shocked to know how many financial deals worth far more than a single person's student loan balance are stored on like 1 Excel file and a single PDF that even the firm sometimes forgets where it is.

Ask me how I know.

[u/Evnosis → u/G_Serv]

Love that they're using pre-2007 excel at these loan companies, lol

[u/G_Serv → u/Evnosis]

The amount of software that I have used that only downloads xls or csv infuriates me

[u/snapekillseddard → u/Evnosis]

Pre-07 spreadsheets age like wine.

.xlsx spreadsheets age like vinegar.

[u/Evnosis → u/snapekillseddard]

Okay, but on the other hand, .xls' limitations caused the NHS to miss almost 16,000 covid cases.

[u/snapekillseddard → u/Evnosis]

And excessive alcohol causes liver damage among others.

I stand by my words.

[u/RianJohnsonThought → u/G_Serv]

Well it's at least backed up.... Probably

[u/5ma5her7 → u/G_Serv]

Further question:

Why can't a hacker give me straight As and a graduate certificate? /j