cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/60478981
Borges alleges that a little-known federal tech team called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, copied the government’s master Social Security database into a cloud system that lacked normal oversight.
If his account is correct, the mishandling of this information could expose hundreds of millions of people to fraud and abuse for the rest of their lives.
Do you have any idea how many people will lose their key?
Could set up a key escrow with the issuing agency so there is a recovery mechanism if they can prove their identity through other means. That’s at least as secure as the current model in terms of issuance.
Ideally we would move towards self-sovereign identities, but that’s a whole other effort.