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vezycash 2 days ago

My two cents. God-mode privilege already existed before DOGE, someone else had (or still has) this privilege. Priority - How to limit power of such privilege in future.

regularfry 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Often what you'll find is that the power was limited through separation of privileges. One person would not be able to do much beyond a limited boundary. Sounds like that's no longer true.

vuln 2 days ago | parent [-]

“Often” false. I’d bet 60-70% of the Fortune 500 doesn’t fully adhere to these “best practices” maybe only the government when handling classified information comes close.

Capricorn2481 2 days ago | parent [-]

They're not talking about Fortune 500 companies, they're talking about the literal government and the rules for sharing information between agencies.

MetaWhirledPeas 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This further emphasizes a need that is only growing: addressing the disparity between our government's reliance on technology and its members' understanding of it. Government and technology are inexorably linked at a fundamental level. Take data for example. Data is inherently untrustworthy if sufficient measures are not taken to ensure its integrity while being recorded, its integrity while being maintained, the integrity of its interpretation, and the integrity of its further utilization.

We need political pressure to design these systems correctly to avoid "god mode" nonsense, and for that we need politicians who understand and embrace the technological need. If the system is designed correctly you don't need "god mode" access to conduct an audit or even to make lasting changes. Their changes should be non-destructive writes, with an audit trail.

Also, I'm going to need more information than "god mode". God mode over which specific databases? And what specific access levels? And which admin granted the permissions? If DOGE is serious about transparency they will communicate this sort of thing.

misiti3780 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, and the chances of that person being technically smarter than the DOGE is close to zero.

whymeogod 2 days ago | parent [-]

Well, yes, because 1 is pretty close to zero, on a scale of 0 to infinity. However, if you look at their actual technical skilz:

The incompetence at DOGE is staggering. Absolutely no security on their .gov webiste: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43045835

can't even get mail merges to work, see some of their emails terminating people. Telling people to sign the doc and then not attaching the doc.

The search for 'probationary' employees failing 3 times because they didn't check the definition of the term.

No, technical competence really isn't DOGE's strong point.

cristiancavalli 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Truly incredible how so many people can attribute “whiz kids” to a group of people who can’t even do the most basic due-diligence.

misiti3780 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

right ...