Re:DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
by cguess on Thursday February 13, 2025 @11:40AM
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The problem here is people die when those things are removed even for a few weeks or months. You don't get to "put back" security for SSN data when it's already been accessed by foreign governments. He's not doing this in good faith, he's convinced he's the smartest man in the world and should literally be a dictator.
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Re:DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
by sjsdaiuasgdia on Thursday February 13, 2025 @11:48AM
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It's fine, it won't hurt Musk himself. All these wild experiments are perfectly okay from his perspective because, to him, there's basically zero risk.
Re:DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
by drc37 on Thursday February 13, 2025 @11:48AM
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That kinda sounds like the Reddit answer to everything. "Don't do anything because < ...some scary edgecase ... > will happen."
Will things happen, yes but I believe he is acting in good faith and the result will be a much more efficient government.
Re:DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
by MyOutfitIsVague on Thursday February 13, 2025 @12:32PM
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That's not an edge case. Cutting services that people depend on to live will kill them. That's a guarantee.
Re:DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
by p_j_w on Thursday February 13, 2025 @12:33PM
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>I believe he is acting in good faith and the result will be a much more efficient government.
If he's acting in good faith then where is the transparency he's promised? Taking Elon at his word is, at this point, naive at best.
Re:DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
by laverya on Thursday February 13, 2025 @12:30PM
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> You don't get to "put back" security for SSN data when it's already been accessed by foreign governments.
"Good" news then, this is already the case! Or should very much be assumed to be the case, following the various GSA hacks.