A 25-Year-Old Is Writing Backdoors Into The Treasury’s $6 Trillion Payment System. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

a year ago by PhilipTheBucket to c/technology

Just months after we learned Chinese hackers had compromised US telecom systems through government-mandated backdoors, an inexperienced developer from Musk’s DOGE unit is pushing untested cod…
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spankmonkey 40 points a year ago

I guess there are no checks and balances that apply?

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UnderpantsWeevil 36 points a year ago

Sorry, no. We'd need 60 votes in the Senate and a majority on the SCOTUS to stop this.

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confusedbytheBasics 6 points a year ago

Why do we need both congress and the judiciary? Can't congress kick him out all by themselves?

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Maggoty 3 points a year ago

SCOTUS declares the impeachment was done wrong for some magical reason. Trump refuses to recognize it. And cue the pre-documentary Civil War that released recently.

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