Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Musk (And His Underlings) Now Have Your Most Private Information


The United States government has sensitive and very private information on American citizens. It needs that information to properly and efficiently administer government programs.

This is not bad. There are laws protecting the privacy of that information. All government employees cannot access that information - only those with a need to know to properly do their jobs, and they are not allowed to make any of that information public. 

Any government employee that accesses that information without authorization or releases that information is breaking federal law. They will not just be fired, but will also face being charged with a crime. 

This is as it should be. Americans have a right to privacy, and that extends to private information collected and kept by the government.

Sadly, Donald Trump does not believe that. While he's fought tooth and nail to keep his own information private, he doesn't think other citizens should enjoy that same right.

He has created a fake agency (not authorized by Congress) for his billionaire buddy, Elon Musk. Musk has hired young computer programmers, and with Trump's blessing, they are accessing the private information of American citizens in all government agencies.

This "Department of Government Efficiency" is not a branch of the government, and anyone working for it is not a government employee. They are private citizens. Supposedly, they are looking for government fraud. But if fraud is suspected, why were not forensic accountants hired instead of computer programmers? Most of these young programmers wouldn't recognize fraud if it hit them in the face.

So what are they doing. Are they downloading our private information? If so, what are they going to do with it? Are they programming changes in the government agencies -  changes that have not been authorized by Congress. It doesn't matter, since as private citizens they should not have access to that information in the first place.

Your private information is no longer private. You can thank Trump for that. We must just hope they don't use this information to harm us. That may be a vain hope though, since narcissists Trump and Musk care for no one but themselves.

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