Cybersecurity & InfoSec

Haven’t seen any talk about the DOGE website launching w/o proper security policies here

It’s easy to dunk on, but the reality is they’re clearly going to learn everything the hard way

Something sensitive will get turned off or be exposed and all I hope is that it doesn’t kill someone in service to our nation

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It’s funny how people ignore the huge number at the top of the website and then find something small to critique instead of the fact BILLIONS of tax dollars were being stolen and he is the only person to ever stop that.

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“Only person to ever stop that” is an insane thing to say man. 

The number on top of the website is a big “trust me bro” from a group of people with zero context about how government systems work who have already walked back some of the wilder headline claims (after they had their intended destabilizing effect)

Do I think tax dollars get misused? 

For sure, same as it ever was. Do I think Elon is personally defending me, my values, and my country? 

No way. 

After a certain point, a billionaire fundamentally cannot empathize with somebody outside their tax bracket because their experience of reality is so aggressively different than a normal persons.

He hasn’t had an existential concern in decades.

The Gaza condoms media bomb specifically yes

Switching up the outrage after the correction doesn’t change the fact that it is extremely convenient to be “wrong” in ways that increase your support and then “correct” it later. 

I think privileged positions should have a higher standard of responsibility about fact checking than what Elon thinks (reasonable people can disagree about this) hence why the example is one I point out. 

We also probably disagree on the value of soft power in international relationships and that the government shouldn’t be run like a startup, but that’s not what we’re talking about rn. 

https://youtu.be/SF9gM5p8D1U?si=WhePurjtPLLNjBRZ

Broadly yes. 

I’m legitimately unconcerned because we both know one sentence doesn’t describe what’s actually happening and if I’m being super real I generally assume that a 3 letter agency is using these programs as cover to do something useful for us. 

If the solution is just “cutting the spending” for its own sake, it’s not compelling to me because I’m under no delusion I’ll get back anything meaningful on my taxes. If there is a tangible thing that the money is guaranteed to go towards instead (which we generally know can’t happen bc that’s not how appropriations work) I’d be happy to compare programs on those merits

But I’m not in a slash for slashings sake camp because I think that’s effectively bread and games for people that LARP as small government diehards

Again, I think reasonable people can disagree about that.

Broadly yes. 

I’m legitimately unconcerned because we both know one sentence doesn’t describe what’s actually happening and if I’m being super real I generally assume that a 3 letter agency is using these programs as cover to do something useful for us. 

If the solution is just “cutting the spending” for its own sake, it’s not compelling to me because I’m under no delusion I’ll get back anything meaningful on my taxes. If there is a tangible thing that the money is guaranteed to go towards instead (which we generally know can’t happen bc that’s not how appropriations work) I’d be happy to compare programs on those merits

But I’m not in a slash for slashings sake camp because I think that’s effectively bread and games for people that LARP as small government diehards

Again, I think reasonable people can disagree about that. 

https://warpcast.com/cameron/0x6c91b96f

You would choose to spend your tax dollars on this? 

$2.5M for "inclusive democracies in Southern Africa” 

$47M for "improving learning outcomes in Asia”

$2M to develop "sustainable recycling models" to "increase socio-economic cohesion among marginalized communities of Kosovo Roma, Ashkali, and Egypt”

That’s a legit question you should be able to answer because it’s black or white yes or no.

The Gaza condoms media bomb specifically yes

Switching up the outrage after the correction doesn’t change the fact that it is extremely convenient to be “wrong” in ways that increase your support and then “correct” it later. 

I think privileged positions should have a higher standard of responsibility about fact checking than what Elon thinks (reasonable people can disagree about this) hence why the example is one I point out. 

We also probably disagree on the value of soft power in international relationships and that the government shouldn’t be run like a startup, but that’s not what we’re talking about rn.

Wait so you’re saying those USAID payments are made up? That’s your thesis?