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• @karlbode.com Karl Bode on bluesky

  sure, the Chinese hacked our telecoms, data brokers sold info on our every movement to randos, Russian criminal gangs compromised our court system, and weird fascist incels posted grandma's social security # unencrypted to the cloud, but at least we had a pointless four year deba…

• @pamherd Pam Herd on bluesky

  DOGE put at risk *every person with a Social Security Number* for identify theft.  —  DOGE's treatment of these data is extraordinary-the level of protection that has long been applied to these data is rigid.  But they just uploaded it all to the cloud! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26…

• @mikeokuda Mike Okuda on bluesky

  Another reminder that “trust me” just isn't good enough for the privacy and security of your personal information.  We need strong legal and technical requirements for privacy and for security of personal data, with heavy penalties for those who violate our trust. www.nytimes.com…

• @abenewman Abe Newman on bluesky

  I hate to say I told you so but...centralizing government data infrastructures and turning them over to inexperiences actors generates big risks to society.  We are starting to see the first consequences for social security.  Others will follow.  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u..…

• @laurenleharper Lauren Harper on bluesky

  Did DOGE create the copy as a DOGE (White House) database or an embedded-in-agency-DOGE team database?  Whose record is it - the agency's or the White House's?  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

• @metacurity.com Cynthia Brumfield on bluesky

  I can think of a nation-state adversary or two that has already conducted oversight audits for us.  —  “But his disclosure stated that as of late June, ‘no verified audit or oversight mechanisms’ existed to monitor what DOGE was using the data for or whether it was being shared o…

• @adamjschmidt Adam J Schmidt on bluesky

  So the DOGE crew copied the list of all social security numbers ever issued to an unsecured cloud server?  🧐 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

• @economymedicine @economymedicine on bluesky

  DOGE made their own copy of basically all Social Security data and won't tell anyone how/if it is secured and who they are sharing it with.  Remember that Big Balls has a history of working with Cyber criminals on Telegram. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

• @keithfitzgerald Keith Fitzgerald on bluesky

  We've come such a long way from “Hillary's emails.”  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

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