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   Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 07:41:32 JST Nonilex

   Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/16/doge-irs-access-taxpayer-data/

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     𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight" (lana@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 07:41:26 JST 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"

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     You don't hire hackers to reduce wasteful spending. You hire hackers to steal data.

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 07:41:27 JST Nonilex

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     The official said the “#DOGE mission … to bring much-needed efficiency to our bureaucracy” is being carried out “legally & with the appropriate security clearances.”
     
A #SecurityClearance is not a sufficient credential for access to #taxpayer systems, according to #IRS procedures. #IDRS access is governed by compelling needs for #tax administration, not #NationalSecurity.

     #ElonMusk #Trump #privacy #kleptocracy #law #InfoSec

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 07:41:28 JST Nonilex

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     “The information that the #IRS has is incredibly personal. Someone w/access to it could use it & make it public…, or do something w/it, or share it w/someone…who shares it w/someone else, & your rights get violated,” Olson said.

     A #Trump admin official said #DOGE personnel needed #IDRS access because DOGE staff are working to “eliminate waste, fraud, & abuse, & improve government performance to better serve the people.” [sure, Jan]

     #ElonMusk #privacy #kleptocracy #law #InfoSec

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 07:41:29 JST Nonilex

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     …it’s highly unusual to grant political appointees access to #personal #taxpayer #data, or even programs adjacent to that data…. #IRS commissioners…do not have #IDRS access. The same goes for the national taxpayer advocate, the agency’s internal consumer #watchdog, acc/to Nina Olson, who served in the role from 2001 to 2019.

     #ElonMusk #Trump #DOGE #privacy #kleptocracy #law #InfoSec

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 07:41:30 JST Nonilex

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     #IDRS access is extremely limited — taxpayers who have had their info wrongfully disclosed or even inspected are entitled by #law to monetary damages — & the request for #DOGE access has raised deep concern within the #IRS….

     The news comes as ~150M #taxpayers prepare to file returns by the April 15 deadline. In his first term, #Trump openly mused about sending IRS agents after political opponents, leaving agency ofcls on edge about the IRS’s #independence.

     #ElonMusk #privacy #kleptocracy

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 07:41:31 JST Nonilex

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     Among them is the Integrated Data Retrieval System, or #IDRS, which enables tax agency employees to access #IRS accounts — including personal identification numbers — & bank info. It also lets them enter & adjust transaction data & automatically generate notices, collection documents & other records.

     Acc/to a draft of the memo, #DOGE software engineer Gavin Kliger is set to work at the IRS for 120 days, though the tax agency & the WH can renew his deployment…

     #ElonMusk #Trump #law #kleptocracy

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 07:41:32 JST Nonilex

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     #ElonMusk’s US #DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily guarded #IRS system that includes detailed #financial information about every #taxpayer, #business & #nonprofit in the country….
     
Under pressure from the #Trump White House, the IRS is considering a memorandum of understanding that would give ofcls from DOGE…broad access to tax-agency systems, property and datasets.

     #law #privacy #Kleptocracy #TrumpCoup