Comment Yeah right... (Score 1) 51
Her goal is to make sure that information-sharing stops between US & UK stops. As if American rights matter...
Submission + - "Largest data breach in US history": Three more lawsuits try to stop DOGE (arstechnica.com)
AmiMoJo writes: The US DOGE Service's access to the private data of ordinary Americans and federal employees is being challenged in several lawsuits filed this week.
Three new complaints seek court orders that would stop the data access and require the deletion of unlawfully accessed data. Two of the complaints also seek financial damages for individuals whose data was accessed.
The US DOGE Service, Elon Musk, the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and OPM Acting Director Charles Ezell were named as defendants in one suit filed yesterday in US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
"The Privacy Act [of 1974] makes it unlawful for OPM Defendants to hand over access to OPM's millions of personnel records to DOGE Defendants, who lack a lawful and legitimate need for such access," the lawsuit said. "No exception to the Privacy Act covers DOGE Defendants' access to records held by OPM. OPM Defendants' action granting DOGE Defendants full, continuing, and ongoing access to OPM's systems and files for an unspecified period means that tens of millions of federal-government employees, retirees, contractors, job applicants, and impacted family members and other third parties have no assurance that their information will receive the protection that federal law affords."
The lawsuit names Musk as a defendant "in his capacity as director of the US Doge Temporary Service," which was created by President Trump and has a mandate lasting until July 4, 2026. The temporary organization is separate from the US DOGE Service, which used to be called the US Digital Service. DOGE, of course, is a reference to the popular meme involving a Shiba Inu and in the government context stands for the Department of Government Efficiency.
Three new complaints seek court orders that would stop the data access and require the deletion of unlawfully accessed data. Two of the complaints also seek financial damages for individuals whose data was accessed.
The US DOGE Service, Elon Musk, the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and OPM Acting Director Charles Ezell were named as defendants in one suit filed yesterday in US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
"The Privacy Act [of 1974] makes it unlawful for OPM Defendants to hand over access to OPM's millions of personnel records to DOGE Defendants, who lack a lawful and legitimate need for such access," the lawsuit said. "No exception to the Privacy Act covers DOGE Defendants' access to records held by OPM. OPM Defendants' action granting DOGE Defendants full, continuing, and ongoing access to OPM's systems and files for an unspecified period means that tens of millions of federal-government employees, retirees, contractors, job applicants, and impacted family members and other third parties have no assurance that their information will receive the protection that federal law affords."
The lawsuit names Musk as a defendant "in his capacity as director of the US Doge Temporary Service," which was created by President Trump and has a mandate lasting until July 4, 2026. The temporary organization is separate from the US DOGE Service, which used to be called the US Digital Service. DOGE, of course, is a reference to the popular meme involving a Shiba Inu and in the government context stands for the Department of Government Efficiency.
Submission + - Musk Shows Us What Actual Government Censorship On Social Media Looks Like (techdirt.com)
theweatherelectric writes: Self proclaimed "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk is now suppressing free speech on Twitter. Over the weekend, Wired reported on the inexperienced twenty-somethings between 19 and 24 working for Musk who have been given unprecedented access to sensitive government systems.
When someone posted these government employees’ names on Twitter, Musk first declared it “criminal” to name government employees (it isn't) and then he followed it up by having the comment removed.
When someone posted these government employees’ names on Twitter, Musk first declared it “criminal” to name government employees (it isn't) and then he followed it up by having the comment removed.
Comment Re:Supply chains? (Score 1) 276
There's more money in new construction than in maintaining/replacing old.
Comment Re: Ask yourself: Who’s the real enemy of th (Score 1) 103
There was no "peace treaty" just like there isn't now. Putin's only interest is full surrender, "filtration" camps, and mass importation of "true" Russians into occupied territory.
Comment Re: Kind of scary (Score 1) 169
Once a person is dead (at least in my state) there is no barrier for law enforcement to search your phone.
Comment Re:Sixteen hundred bucks? (Score 1) 38
Everything costs more now, grandpa.
Comment Rural mayors love to block projects (Score 1) 21
Local mayors in rural communities are *not* always in favor of shaking up the local telco monopoly.
Comment Re:So let me see if I understand (Score 1) 221
None of them.
There never was a Ukrainian civil war.
It. Was. The. Russian. Army. The. Entire. Time.
There never was a Ukrainian civil war.
It. Was. The. Russian. Army. The. Entire. Time.
Comment Putin's shakedown (Score 5, Interesting) 34
Putin's starting to get desperate for cash so he's going to squeeze as much as he can get to keep the war funded.
Comment Re:Or is that the problem? (Score 5, Insightful) 127
Nonsense. Boeing's problems have nothing to do with wokeness or whatever right-wing drivel is making the rounds these days.
Parent has it exactly right. It's slipshod, cut-corners, profit-at-all-costs mentality. They're doing what all these big companies have been doing, betting on it being someone else's problem when the shit hits the fan because they're "too big to fail."
Quality control is expensive. Designing new aircraft is expensive. Boeing has been trying to go cheap on both because it makes their margins better.
Parent has it exactly right. It's slipshod, cut-corners, profit-at-all-costs mentality. They're doing what all these big companies have been doing, betting on it being someone else's problem when the shit hits the fan because they're "too big to fail."
Quality control is expensive. Designing new aircraft is expensive. Boeing has been trying to go cheap on both because it makes their margins better.
Comment Re:Simple query question for Google (Score 1) 31
Because they get better ad sales doing it their way.
Comment Re:This insult will not go unpunished (Score 1) 53
I'm sort of speechless at realizing someone on this site has never heard of K'Breel. Wow.
Comment Re:So no planes are to fly over Tennessee? (Score 1) 202
NIMBY, right-of-way disputes, frivolous litigation...I'd love to have some high-speed trains in the US.
Comment Re:We need a total reevaluation of antitrust law (Score 5, Insightful) 125
No, we need to actually enforce antitrust laws frequently enough that it isn't some shocking revelation on the rare occasions it happens. Centralization of market power is inevitable in capitalism barring regulation, but isn't in itself desirable. Some things (water/fire protection/etc) are natural monopolies. Software distribution is not.
