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Musk’s Doge gains access to federal payroll system despite staff warnings (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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But on Saturday, interior department officials reportedly granted at least two Doge employees the access they had requested, the two people told the Times.

With this access, the Doge employees now have visibility into sensitive employee information, like social security numbers, and are able to more easily hire and fire federal workers, according to the Times, citing the two people with knowledge who spoke with the newspaper on condition of anonymity due to fear of retribution.

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[–] lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't really understand what we're seeing, its like literally anyone who has any amount of power to stop this, either actually wants what's happening, or they just decided they were done trying, which is crazy because they will be next on the literal chopping block. People were rolling over and letting this happen months ago, before they were even 'disappearing' people, so I don't get it.

Oh, and since I said 'months ago' let this sink in, its only been 2 months since January 20th... Jesus fucking Christ.