Perhaps creating division is the point:
However, i am let's say, at least dubious about the whys of an agency which is wreaking so much havoc need to collect data on us sensitive infrastructure. If you were dealing with drugs, and you told me you buy codeine based pharma products in bulk, i wouldn't think you caught a cold
There are companies that are making bucks selling satellite photos of russian army storage(s) so that it is possible to calculate how much of remaining tanks are in storage. While a single photo of a single storage wouldn't matter on its own, having a clear picture of every russian storage can give you an idea of how many tanks were refurbished and remain in stock
Why is it suddenly part of the job description of a junior DOGE employee to build workforce org chart visualization tools and investigate strategic resource datasets? Isn’t that weird to have one brand new government employee doing self-taught random investigations of topics as complex as ‘government workforce management’ and ‘strategic resource analytics’?
That is totally fine to focus on. My point was focusing on the code prior to DOGE existing showing collection of GIS data.
> Isn’t that weird to have one brand new government employee doing self-taught random investigations of topics as complex as ‘government workforce management’ and ‘strategic resource analytics’?
We're in total agreement on this particular point.
[1] https://www.newsweek.com/doge-support-collapsing-poll-elon-m...
- negative impact to the economy is deeply unpopular [0]
- lying about savings is deeply unpopular [1]
- threatening cuts to entitlement spending is deeply unpopular [2]
How you ask a question, what question you ask, and how you collect data will unduly influence any poll -- event with adjustments.[3] People aren't as fickle as headlines would otherwise lead you to believe.
My take on your oblique reference to "maybe [I] have confirmation bias" is that you are taking the headlines as fact and thus can dismiss anything that doesn't agree with your perspective. This may be mistaken on my part, but if you feel deep inside that it is not, then I encourage you to dig deeper.
[0] "It's the economy, stupid!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1hxNKweJbc
[1] DOGE is not trusted - https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-6-in-10-voters-concerne...
[2] https://www.nasi.org/learn/social-security/public-opinions-o... - Gallup shows opinions are fairly stable even though this source is somewhat dated
[3] Now-infamous Selzer poll https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/03/trump-harris...
This is literally contradictory.
Data does not become sensitive because some random on HN says so. You are speaking with authority but have no idea what you are talking about.
Why is it contradictory? It could be sensitive and unsecured. Sensitive doesn't mean 'classified'.
> You are speaking with authority but have no idea what you are talking about.
What do you know about the GP?
"classification by compilation" is literally part of the Security Classification Guide (SCG) and given as mandatory training to everyone with a clearance at least once a year. Individually unclassified pieces of information can absolutely become sensitive or even classified when aggregated. Read the SCG people, this is not rocket science.
(I am not saying that applies here to this data. Merely stating that none of you have any idea what you are talking about.)
There are actually a lot public information available on Layers -> ArcGIS Online.
I used to see ongoing Waterworks maintenance in there. In the area I live, there are also very up to date earthquake information from Government feed.
I gave up trying to gentle parent other adults a long time ago. Newsrooms themselves have no fear publishing disingenuous and polarizing content.
Watch at the media turns this into “doge bros mapping top secret minerals” and “doge has access to all our DMs!”
For those who hate Trump but know what the you are looking at in the screenshots keep this one in mind. The media hates you and their goal is to sow division
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Sharing things like this isn't very useful because it just causes further divides. People who think DOGE is not a big deal will use this to confirm that 'oh no the worst they could dig up is somebody posting publicly accessible data in public!' And those who do think it's a big deal will often just double down on stupid and insist this was leaking secret information, even when they probably know it wasn't. So you end up with people living in two different worlds, but only one of them is real.