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Re:Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpay... by philistine on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:59PM (#43123502)
Yeah, let's just assume there are no safeguards in place at the IRS to protect personal data.
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Re:Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpay... by xyzzyz on Thursday February 20, 2025 @10:25PM (#43123677)
These IRS safeguards will not be of the “security clearance required” form. IRS data, while private, is not classified.
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Re:Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpay... by master_crab on Thursday February 20, 2025 @11:35PM (#43124064)
This. IRS data isn’t protected because it’s classified. It’s protected because of confidentiality enforced by laws passed by Congress (the Tax reform act I believe)

(and the fact that the executive branch can be sued out of their pants for civil damages).

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Re:Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpay... by jrs235 on Friday February 21, 2025 @07:00AM (#43126553)
*(and the fact that the executive branch can be sued out of their pants for civil damages)

if the government agrees to allowing itself to be sued...

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Re:Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpay... by genewitch on Friday February 21, 2025 @02:48AM (#43125120)
They have 500MB email boxes! Actually I wonder, now, because they wanted to hire 84k people last year...
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Re:Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpay... by rayiner on Friday February 21, 2025 @06:37AM (#43126399)
You’re the one assuming DOGE is ignoring “safeguards” you don’t even know exist.
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Re:Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpay... by afavour on Friday February 21, 2025 @12:15PM (#43130147)
We know they are?

> The USAID systems the DOGE team tried to access included personnel files and security systems, including classified systems beyond the security level of at least some of the DOGE employees, according to three of the sources. The systems also included security clearance information for agency employees, two of the sources said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/usaid-sec...

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