this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2025
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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 13 points 20 hours ago (10 children)

the database doesn't have to necessarily be accurate if there's other checks - a flag for test data, a system that checks the person is real against another database before dispersing funds etc

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 20 hours ago (7 children)

That's true. Would be better if it was though.

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (5 children)

Someone with the skills and knowledge to clean up 150-year old typographical errors in one particular table in the Social Security database system would probably provide more benefit to the taxpayers covering their salary by doing some other task.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

It might be better to move to a new database at this point rather than trying to fix the existing one. It won't give immediate benefits but could be helpful down the line.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Or it could cost a fortune and fuck a lot of other processes up.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 16 hours ago
[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 2 points 16 hours ago

I am hoping California ditches SSN and other identifiers from the US Treasury. That information is no longer safe, so we need a fresh database that is secure from DOGE fuckery, among many other hostile actors.

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