So, the code base on that mainframe is likely to be older than him, be written in a language that he will never have seen before, and for which there will likely be very little / no documentation.
What could possibly go wrong?
FFS BBC!! They gave Trump nothing but only reaffirmed/recommited to policies and spending they were already committed to,whats frustrating is saying otherwise only re-confirms for Gen Z ( and others who naively believe that the UK needs a "Hard man" leader ) that Authoratian tactics are successful
Doge, with full access to everything in US government, run by 19-25 year old boys who would hand over everything and anything at the first sight of a decent set of Russian boobies. This is not going to end well.
This must be challengeable in the courts. For a start, it must undermine Congress's power of control over "the purse". Then there are profound privacy issues. Can noone start an effective challenge? All I see are occasional fuming Democrats. We all know Trump is a venal horror story. He doesn't care
I have to agree. Cancelled my WaPo subscription last year, seriously considering similar course of action for NYT. Hugely disappointing “both sides” coverage of an administrative coup taking place in their own government. So much for being the paper of record☹️
I don't understand the focus on "25 years old". Would it make it better if he was 40 years old?
I met many engineers who were 25 years old and were just as serious as older engineers.
On another note, it's a sensational title, but when you think of it you realize that for every database in every organization (bank, government, military), there must be at least one person who can grant these admin permissions and probably several engineers who have access in order to do their job?
I'd bet a month's salary that these guys with a 12-year-old's brain are updating or deleting database records "just for shits and giggles" which will cause huge issues for innocent people. The only people who will notice are those who are affected and they will have little recourse. It's cruel.
You have to ask yourself, who in this shitstorm of a government have access to the codes. None of these clowns have been vetted or even interviewed for their posts. Ho hum, nuclear holocaust or climate catastrophe...... Hobson's Choice to the max.
Is there not such a thing as security clearance in the US? In the UK you'd have to be vetted to get that kind of access, which can take months, and everything you do would be monitored and logged.
There is. But, they've been given total clearance from the President. It just works that way.
I worked as a contractor at the Pentagon. All you need is a sponsor to let you in and grant you access to a system at a certain level. I'm sure things have changed since then, but things move slowly.
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"Commentators are falling into a Trump trap and doing his bidding"
What could possibly go wrong?
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I hope there's a good reason
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Both the birds and the things attached to some humans.
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I met many engineers who were 25 years old and were just as serious as older engineers.
Thanks James
They already do by means of particular software...
Moral of the story = "Play with fire, you'll get burned"
I worked as a contractor at the Pentagon. All you need is a sponsor to let you in and grant you access to a system at a certain level. I'm sure things have changed since then, but things move slowly.