Government databases should be able to exchange data when exchange of data is necessary for the department, agency, administration, etc. to conduct its business. However, I would be more comfortable if DOGE were an actual department created by Congress. Departments created by Congress are subject to congressional oversight admittedly a task that Congress does not always do or do well.
Sometimes it’s better if government agencies can’t talk to each other.
Maybe.
The human construct of privacy in the declaration of human rights said.. “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation.” Note that privacy is not the right but rather arbitrary interference.
In the US the controlling law is Griswold v. Connecticut, which fundamentally says what you do in your home or bed room is your business.
These concepts have been broadly spread into a fantasy of multi definitional rights to privacy. The failure of the Social Security Administration to de-duplicate the social security list should be criminal incompetency, not a privacy concern, nor should cross referencing the SS files to IRS records to find further fraud. And I would further hope he is given the task of looking into the Medicare, Medicaid records and bring to light the financial maggots that rot those systems. No one should object, and should be thankful someone of Musks skill and talents is looking into this.
Ignorant fear mongering in my opinion given the fact that everyone's information is scanned, lifted, scraped and stored in big databases that you, me and AI all have access to.
No, it is not good that government databases do not talk to each other when the private economy has databases that talk to each other.
DOGE is run by top brains from the private sector that understand how shared data is key to efficiency.
Unfortunately our electronic society requires knowing who you are, given all the government programs taxes and payouts. And our government, as well as those entering into transactions with you should have the right to know who you are. If you want to go live in a cave go do it, if you want to live in modern society you give up any pretense to anonymity.
Government databases should be able to exchange data when exchange of data is necessary for the department, agency, administration, etc. to conduct its business. However, I would be more comfortable if DOGE were an actual department created by Congress. Departments created by Congress are subject to congressional oversight admittedly a task that Congress does not always do or do well.
Sometimes it’s better if government agencies can’t talk to each other.
Maybe.
The human construct of privacy in the declaration of human rights said.. “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation.” Note that privacy is not the right but rather arbitrary interference.
In the US the controlling law is Griswold v. Connecticut, which fundamentally says what you do in your home or bed room is your business.
These concepts have been broadly spread into a fantasy of multi definitional rights to privacy. The failure of the Social Security Administration to de-duplicate the social security list should be criminal incompetency, not a privacy concern, nor should cross referencing the SS files to IRS records to find further fraud. And I would further hope he is given the task of looking into the Medicare, Medicaid records and bring to light the financial maggots that rot those systems. No one should object, and should be thankful someone of Musks skill and talents is looking into this.
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Ignorant fear mongering in my opinion given the fact that everyone's information is scanned, lifted, scraped and stored in big databases that you, me and AI all have access to.
No, it is not good that government databases do not talk to each other when the private economy has databases that talk to each other.
DOGE is run by top brains from the private sector that understand how shared data is key to efficiency.
wow, people like you really want the government to control you
Humans should have access to SSI - self-sovereign identity that we own and control, not governments
Unfortunately our electronic society requires knowing who you are, given all the government programs taxes and payouts. And our government, as well as those entering into transactions with you should have the right to know who you are. If you want to go live in a cave go do it, if you want to live in modern society you give up any pretense to anonymity.
I understand, but my point is that citizens should own the government, not the other way around ;)