Technology

Thanks a lot DOGE. So clearly Elon Musk gives every American compensation, we get new numbers and have all of our credit history wiped clean to start new right? Bc otherwise this just means we've all been massively fucked by Trump and his band of idiots

What a perfect time to stop using social security numbers for specifically the thing they were not designed to be.

All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed

Yeah, sure, and winged monkeys may fly out of my ass. But I doubt it'll happen.

I fucking CALLED IT.

I've been getting so many loan applications since they opened pandoras box last year. never had this problem. I even just got an alert my SSN has been found on the darknet.

take my advice, freeze your credit report at all three major credit firms NOW. don't wait, takes an hour for all three all online. doesn't matter of you're 9 or 90, do it do it do it.

They actually need to publicly release everyone’s SSNs so that they can’t be used for authentication anymore, which they never should have been

DOGE infiltrated months ago and you are just reacting now?

more than 300 million Americans

I know wiggle room is the gold standard of journalism... but you can just say "all Americans".

Thanks DOGE! Jesus, trump, how could you be so fucking stupid and uncaring? You have done nothing more than shove the monopoly board of america off of the table in a big tantrum because you were losing. Don't forget, America made you, America can bring you down.

I have long predicted the entire goal of DOGE was to feed more data to Palantir, and clearly no other company is ever going to be given this level of security clearance, so they become dependent on it forever. I think this view is gaining more traction from what I've seen.

0 chance they hand out new SSID, that's money and work and confusion, imagine every medical entity changing over that code?

First, the govt would need to make a lookup table.

Anyone that used their old ssid for something, or a system that had the old ssid in it, would need a translation to the new ID.

Sooo at what point could you safely stop accepting old ID's because they're all changed over? Never. Some random medical provider in east bumfuck, TN, still uses your SSID from their own paper copy. So you're stuck accepting old SSIDs and translating them into new SSIDs on demand, which completely breaks any security of changing IDs in the first place.

There have been enough nexus/credit leaks over the years, it's hardly news that those ID's are compromised.

more than 300 million Americans

Last I checked, that's all of 'em

Borges alleges that a little-known federal tech team called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, copied the government’s master Social Security database into a cloud system that lacked normal oversight.

I don't know if I'd call them a little-known team (they're infamous for basically fraud), but point taken.

This is how Americans are going to lose their right to vote. The process will be "slow" for specific states and regions, just long enough to miss the midterms.

Regardless of whether or not they are breached, the social security numbering system needs to be changed because it is far from a secure number.

Say it with me!

A 👏 social 👏 security 👏 number 👏 is 👏 NOT 👏 a 👏 valid 👏 identity 👏 verification 👏 method.

The idea that all SSNs should be changed is dumb.

The fix is to get dumb people to stop using it as an identity verification method.

Let me guess... just in time for a 2028 election where we all suddenly need our valid SSN?

SIEZE Elons assets arrest try him and repair the damage to American infrastructure with his money

ssn was never intended to be a form of identification. it was specifically decided that it would not be used as a form of identification by the administration that controlled it

Instead of new SSNs, how about we maybe the number less risky in general?

It should never have served as a "secret". Authenticating someone needs more than some account number. SSN should be more of a "username", not a password.

Just add a 1 at the end of them all. That's what I do when my work says I have to change my password.

File a lawsuit against fucking DOGE and MAGA.

Are we efficient yet?

Lmao, like they'd do that

I'm sure that this will be more expensive to fix than whatever "savings" Elons ghouls have managed to bring.

I'm less upset that all SSNs might end up compromised and more upset that no one is going to get punished for it. If a career Federal Employee did this, they would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

But since it was Elon's friends who did it, everyone in power will just shrug and say "who knew this would be such a big deal"....

I will keep laughing at Americans till they manage to get their broken democracy to establish an ID system like every other country.