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Musk allies given access to private consumer data before shutting down agency: sources (www.rawstory.com)

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[-] b3an@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

So I guess things like student loans aren’t fully trustable any longer. Who knows what they’ve done with our personal data, which I did not consent to giving to Musk or DOGE.

If you’re getting asked to pay taxes and other things, why do we have to ‘trust’ data which was removed from consumer protection?

If they want to remove your rights to healthcare and other things as well, why should we pay if they’re rigging all the in-place systems we have relied on to function our society?

[-] Dragomus@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago

All are now enrolled into the new Muskian Social Credit System.

[-] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 41 points 20 hours ago

Do we as Americans get to know what data was leaked? Or was it just everthing? Should I run a free credit report now or do you think I should wait a couple of weeks?. lol

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Joke's on then. OPM already gave away all my information a decade ago.

[-] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 15 points 20 hours ago

Just assume they have everything at this point

[-] errer@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Do you guys have random charges from the Adidas store in Moscow too?

[-] IntangibleSloth@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

https://www.usa.gov/credit-freeze

[-] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

I froze my report on all three agencies.

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Well, duh.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Title makes it sound like he gave the info to his buddies who wanted it. No, the people working at DOGE had temporary access for carrying out their assigned work.

It is very hard to be anti-Elon when you have to fact check and dig into every anti-Elon story. If you just believe the headlines and talk to any skeptical right-winger, you're gonna look real stupid when Google searches come out

[-] prole 2 points 57 minutes ago

Oh look, someone who has no fucking clue how the US government works, speaking bullshit with authority, and has the gall to be petulant about it.

Fuck off.

[-] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 14 points 13 hours ago

Did the people who had "temporary access" have stringent security measures in place such that the access was not misused? No?

Did they ensure that after the "temporary access" none of these people retained any of said information improperly? No again?

Did any of the people pass background checks that normal government employees must pass before being given access to said data? No for a third time?

Is there any reason to trust that they treated the data responsibly other than blind faith? No x4.

[-] 7toed@midwest.social 25 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 19 points 17 hours ago

Assigned by who? With what oversight?

[-] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

And if it was for an official government business, I suspect We American citizens will have full access to the report in detail of the data’s use…right? Right? ….guys?

[-] prole 2 points 56 minutes ago* (last edited 55 minutes ago)

Yes, it's called the Open Records Act, and the Freedom of Information Act.

Things that existed prior to 3 weeks ago.

[-] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

Last time I filed a FOIA request it took 12 months for someone to respond, way too long. We need limited or at least oversight(ing) to begin ASAP

[-] prole 2 points 35 minutes ago

Absolutely

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