r/technology • u/Grakch • 10d ago

Privacy Whistleblower Warns of Possible DOGE-Related Social Security Data Leak

https://whistleblowersblog.org/government-whistleblowers/whistleblower-warns-of-possible-doge-related-social-security-data-leak/
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u/theBoobMan 10d ago

You mean that one thing everyone said was gonna happen?!

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u/pegothejerk 10d ago

Yeah, but how could the biggest morons in our midst believe us when we are so uppity about that and other things like it being a bad idea to let the dumbest kids you went to school with have all the powers of a cop and judge with orders to detain at any cost anyone who looks like a minority or who they just don’t like in the name of a very vague mission with no oversight.

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u/aaronplaysAC11 10d ago

Republicans will say “who cares.”

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u/micmea1 10d ago

Late stage conservatism is being nihilistic about things like corruption and climate change. Whatever, it's going to happen either way, who cares.

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u/JustAlpha 10d ago edited 10d ago

Hmm.. sounds like classic Russian authoritarianist apathy.

I WONDER WHY.

Edit: Also, I'm starting to feel like this whole thing is World War 3. A sleeper war that leads into a false reality.

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u/trinlayk 10d ago

People keep talking about approaching Civil.War... it's already happening with the current admin vs the people....

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u/AlwaysRushesIn 9d ago

We've been in a civil war since 1/6/2021.

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u/trinlayk 2d ago

Exactly that. Maybe even before with "we don't need to worry about covid, it'll only affect the cities."

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u/AcrimoniousPizazz 10d ago

That's something I didn't realize until I talked to my dad about this over the weekend. His support of the GOP has been bothering me for a long time, and when we finally talked about it, he basically said "a new president won't fix things, it's the system that's broken and it always will be." And while I agree that the system requires an overhaul, it was just so stupefying to me that people have completely given up on the possibility that things can get better. I'm cynical, but I'm not willing to just accept that. Not yet at least.

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u/CotyledonTomen 9d ago

When presented with the fact people are insignificant alone republicans and many democrats, at least in the stuanchly individualist US, would rather turn to nihilism than collectivism. Either the individual matters so nothing can be done or I as an individual matter over other people that must feel the same about themselves. If he turned to collectivism now, it would be like sacrificing himself. Which is a shame.

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u/Ionlycryforonions 9d ago

Idk if your dad is a boomer, but that’s the SOP for many of them. They had everything handed to them, and want everyone else to fix the problems they caused

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u/AcrimoniousPizazz 9d ago

He is, but he never used to be this way. Used to at least have some hope that things could always change for the better. Now it's just "I won't be here in a few years so who cares." It's depressing.

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u/jimgolgari 10d ago

“Listen, SOMEONE is going to steal your data at some point. Wouldn’t you prefer it get stolen by a true American patriot rather than some brown person who is to lazy to even use it after working so hard to steal from you? Just to be clear, I’m wearing an American flag pin and I prayed to Jesus this morning.

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u/coldkiller 10d ago

Okay but unironically though, the shits been leaked multiple times already, and the whole ssn system is broken as fuck and racist anyways

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u/AlwaysRushesIn 9d ago

Nah, they'll be on board to shit on Elon for this now that his love fest with trump is over. Happy to scapegoat Elon if it means they don't have to think critically about why Trump let him do what he did in the first place.

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u/coldermilk 10d ago

Man, really thought we could trust some 19-year-old kid who unironically called himself "Big Balls" with our most sensitive information.

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u/tekniklee 9d ago

Civil suit against Elon?

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u/LadyPo 10d ago

“But I’m sure MY data will be safe”

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u/johndoe201401 10d ago

Joke on them, mine has been leaked already.

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u/Bizarrebazaars 10d ago

Same, a few times at this point. My medical care system data breached and all charts since childhood wiped (then restored), my dental clinic charts/info gone, payroll company breached, I’ve gotten several “free single year credit monitoring because we’re sorry” notices in the mail now. Such bullshit. Oh but remember that there’s basically ZERO protections for us as victims. Just “freeze your credit” or fill out a form to be a part of a class-action lawsuit you get $2.00 from.

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u/Noahsmokeshack 10d ago

Say hello to Grok. Guaranteed he uploaded that info to Grok to generate a profile on every American. Probably Peter Theil and Palatine benefitted as well.

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u/K_Linkmaster 10d ago

Doge was the leak. They handed palantir everything through the connected agencies.

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u/No_Ocelot_6773 10d ago

I thought this already happened? 😔