r/ProRevenge - He was SHOCKED I was a Man

what's up guys welcome to daily dose of Reddit this is your host that just took a two-week long break but you wouldn't know anything about that Zach in today's subreddit is our slash Pro Revenge all right this story is called don't want to fix my it issue well I think it's time for a new CTO certified technical officer or chief technical officer right I don't know I just want to state that this it issue is going to blow some people's freaking mind the security flaw that this presented was nothing short of incredible and the fact that we never had a major security breach is astounding it truly is the flaw you may ask everyone in the entire company's password was the same password yes folks you read that right every single password to every single employee login was the same password it was like this before I joined the company and for quite a few years after until well enjoy the story now what about the username that must have been the trick right oh yeah that was a trick the username was the employee email address I did point out this flaw to my management and their response was that's not our area to be concerned about so whatever it paid well I'll do my job and then one day we had a Windows update which caused a piece of software I used at work to break I submitted a help ticket and after escalating this issue I got to the CTO it wasn't a huge company the CTO said I don't want to spend the time fixing this use this workaround to which I pointed out the work around slows things down which makes my job harder and this Windows update has to affect more than just me I was told to suck it up now at the time the CEO was the son of the founder and a bit of a love wit I legit feel at this point in time he was just collecting a paycheck and letting everything run on auto and didn't pay attention guys as much as that sounds like a good idea and it sounds like the best thing ever but no machine is that well oiled but I was mad at the CTO for brushing me off so I penned an email to the CEO it was a short email I simply said I discovered a massive security flaw that could potentially expose us to huge liabilities when would be a good time to discuss this the response what security flaw I decided to demonstrate the flaw I picked two random sales people I didn't know them I got their username and I logged into their systems and I pulled two random customers personal information the kind of information that would have easily allowed me to commit identity fraud pull out credit cards in their name Etc all kinds of bad stuff I emailed the CEO and I explained anyone who knows the URL to log into our system can log into anyone's accounts pull up customers information and everyone has the same password to prove this I logged into two employees random accounts and I pulled two different customers profiles and I've attached them one single disgruntled employee could screw us over 25 minutes later my phone rings it was the CEO it was very nice very interested in how I did this this guy isn't the sharpest knife in the draw and I pointed out the flaw in plain English and the liability that it presents to him I walked him through the process of hacking my own account as he called it I'd hate to call it hacking because it was so easy now it dawned on this CEO that this liability was huge I pointed out again in our conversation a single upset employee could destroy us the fact that it hadn't happened already is nothing short of a miracle hold up I'ma drink some apple juice real quick I drank some apple juice it's pretty good I mean not amazing Apple just isn't even that good unless it's like okay specific Brands the Apple Juice I got isn't that okay let's read um I get told they want me to present this to the executive team so they can discuss a solution honestly the solution is freaking obvious so a day later we have the conference call it's the CEO the CTO the c-o-o the CFO the company lawyer the senior VP Etc and on the call I demonstrate the flaw and I lay out how I as a person with very little I.T background is able to figure this out it's incredible that we have this flaw everyone is in agreement that it is a huge issue except the CTO the CTO gets very upset with me and he wants me fired for hacking the system he says that per hour employee handbook book what I did was a fireable offense I point out that I'm not abusing this loophole and I'm only doing it to expose the flaw because I care about the company and I think this is something that needs to be brought forward I point out that a former disgruntled employee could log into an account and steal customers personal information and if that were traced back to us the liability would be huge I could tell our corporate attorney agreed with me and was shocked at what I was demonstrating the CTO pointed out that former employees usernames are disabled to which I pointed out every employee username is their email address it would be trivial for a former disgruntled employee to use a different employee email address that they remember to lock in and since everyone's password is the same they don't even have to guess the CTO points out that we would know who did it because of the IP address I pointed out that vpns are indeed a thing the corporate attorney actually wasn't familiar with what vpns do and I explained it and what shocked me is the whole time the only person in the meeting who didn't agree this flaw needs to be changed was the CTO the CEO made it clear that this issue would be fixed by the end of business that day and there was no ifans or buts about it the meeting ended after the meeting the CTO called me privately he was pissed I just exposed his incompetence because the system was his design the decision for everyone to have the same password was his decision and I know why he did it he did it because he was freaking lazy and I said to the CTO you're a crappy CTO you shouldn't be in the position you are and you're lazy you should have found a better solution for my health ticket he stops and asks so this is about your stupid Help ticket I go yes yes it is he laughs and says he's gonna have me fired and I laugh and go I'm pretty sure someone is getting fired I'm also super confident that's not going to be me well sure enough later that day we got an email stating that everyone was to change their passwords to something unique ah if everyone changed their password to something unique we are back in square one idiot CEO a week later the CEO announced the old CTO stepped down to spend some more time with his family on the first day of the new cto's tenure he sent me an email telling me he wanted to personally work on my health ticket and find a solution around the Windows update which I'm pleased to say he did and I later had conversations with our attorney at a meeting we legit never had a security breach which is simply astounding the attorney admitted that was just plain dumb luck on our part and if we would have had a security breach it would have been very bad for us damn bro they should like freaking just like give you the company at that point like there would be no company if you hadn't uh you know fixed it probably I mean eventually there wouldn't be a company I don't know they should give you buku bucks baby but anyway the CTO thing like I get the dude I get it you know it's cool not having to do things however when it's someone else's liability I.E your company uh you should probably not just honestly he didn't even cut Corners he just avoided Corners altogether he's like the road's straight guys just the road straight we're good what are you talking about man we've been driving on dirt for like three hours we missed our turn he's like no the road is straight everything's good no turning this guy would dig entire news straight roads if he wasn't lazy all right this story is called how I got our translator fire I was working a job that had me operating in one of our offices overseas we would have business expenses and those receipts would be in the language of the country we were in obviously those expenses were for things like printer ink office equipment cleaning services marketing costs all pretty standard stuff well around this time we got a new vice president over our region who worked out of a head office in La this vice president came up with this brilliant idea to hire a translator to translate all of the receipts to make sure we weren't sneaking in bullcrap fair enough however the issue that arose was that we had to send our expenses to the translator who would translate the receipt then submit them for reimbursement the problem was this translator was a real Karen type she would demand better scans of the receipts often times after we had already thrown it away she would argue if we really got the best deal on whatever we bought I remember in one transaction on about 200 of ink cartridges she asked me why I didn't order online from this common website to which I said they were out of stock at the time and we needed the ink so we bought them from a local store to which he said I was spending too much money to which I said it's none of your concern your job is to translate the receipt to which she said if I want her to submit my expenses I need to be nice to her to which I said she needs to learn her place she's a translator not a vice president that gets to instruct me on what to do after this encounter she started being extra anal with my expenses so one day I came into the office early to call her and try and work things out she basically told me that I screwed up by pissing her off and she expected my expense reports to be perfect or she wouldn't submit them unless they were I told her if she keeps this up she won't have a job much longer her she laughed and wished me well and hung up a few months later we had our annual meeting in LA and after the meeting we were at a bar and I walked up to our vice president and started up a conversation I steered the conversation to expenses and I asked him how much in monthly expenses did he typically reimburse us for in the country we worked out of he said about three thousand to four thousand I acted surprised and asked is that all he goes yeah to clarify that three thousand to four thousand dollars is the typical spend and he says yeah it rarely gets above four thousand dollars so I asked Kim about how Karen our translator is doing he says she's doing a good job and I nod my head and I go how much fraudulent expenses has she got it's important to note every employee that was submitting expenses was well paid they'd be awfully stupid trying to skim some extra dollars via fraudulent expense reports he goes what do you mean I said well I mean you hired her to ensure that all the expenses you were reimbursing us for are legitimate right her job is to translate them for you correct he says it is and I ask so is it safe to presume you've done that to ensure people aren't submitting BS expenses he says you could say that I smile and ask so how much in fraudulent expenses has she caught he thinks for a moment and goes uh I don't think she has caught any so I ask and how much do we pay her he says it depends on her workload but between 2500 to 3 000 a month I smile and ask does it make sense to pay someone three thousand dollars a month to translate three thousand dollars in receipts well she ensures we aren't getting fraudulent expenses and I counter well you said she hasn't caught any in the last nine months and the expenses are always between three thousand to four thousand dollars so as long as he expenses stay in that range wouldn't it be safe to assume that the expenses are legitimate and couldn't you bring on a translator on a contract basis if they get out of hand he sees my point and imagine the cost savings we would probably save over forty thousand dollars a year that's a good chunk of change isn't it vice president tried to defend his position but she does a good job and I counter but but you could frame this as you saved us forty thousand dollars a year and created a baseline to charge expenses by cutting costs is always good for the bottom line and the end of the year bonuses isn't it for your information I knew that a major percentage of a vp's comp package with the company had to do with the company's margin at the end of the year the bigger the margin the bigger the bonus you can see the twinkle in his eye we carry on the rest of the night a few weeks later we get an email from the VP saying that we are to submit all our expenses directly to the admin for reimbursement and then we have let go of Karen FYI Karen wasn't her real name obviously um okay I'm not 100 sure how I feel about this one because I mean she was just trying to do her job right I mean she was being a jerk about it which you know that could have had something done about it but I feel bad because I mean vice president guy gets the big buck right Karen lady she doesn't now just because she was being annoying she lost her job now I'm not sure I don't 100 like this one feels a little bit icky if I'm being real but I can't understand all right this story is called trying to take me home better make sure I am who you think unsure if this counts as Pro Revenge but I like to think so on behalf of cat calling victims everywhere oh all right so to understand the story you have to understand a few things about me I am a 19 year old guy bye with a boyfriend I'm often told I have a very feminine body I've posted in the femboy sub here and there with positive response but this is a throwaway and I'm not gonna link anything for privacy reasons I was out on a date a few weeks ago with my boyfriend who I'll refer to as Alex 20. for storytelling's sake I'll go by Liam we had just finished a movie date and decided to roam the dark streets of nightly New York City afterwards just to chat and spend time together as we don't live together it's important to note that I was dressed up like a girl I'm talking a crop top and skirt plus some thigh highs come for me all you want I like to feel pretty oh my butt fell off I was waiting outside the convenience store while Alex grabbed some snacks when a tall man early 20s dressed like your local dealer walked up to me and tried to act sexy I'll refer to him as creep what's up baby you know you shouldn't be out here so late all alone I said nothing now come on babe when a man speaks to you you respond how about we go back to my place now here's something I haven't mentioned I have a high-ish voice still masculine but enough to wear if I try I can muster up a good female voice so I do should I do it yeah I'm gonna do it um no not interested come on I don't bite I just want to have a little fun he got closer I shook my head at this point Alex comes out with a bag of our snacks and notices the scene everything all right right babe babe what you with this Loser come on let me show you what a real man could do for you he put his hand on my hip and Alex started to walk forward but I signaled for him to stay back I had a plan I put my hand on creeps then wrapped his arm around me and cuddled into his chest he smelled like cigarettes disappointed parents and failed dreams I look up at him still in my girl voice oh want me then I switch to my normal voice then you can have me immediately he pushed me into Alex's arms and storms off yelling obscenities mixed with a few homophobic slurs here and there plus some transphobia tossed in for good measure me and Alex both go into hysterical laughter nearly falling over each other once we calm down he looks to me you're really a butthole you gotta stop doing that to guys he chuckled hey they all approached me okay first of all don't be like creep alright that's so creepy I was creeped out do be like op that's really funny don't forget to like subscribe and hit that Bell to never miss an episode [Music]

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Length: 18min 11sec (1091 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 26 2023