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WIRED
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SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE has plans to stage a “hackathon” next week in Washington, DC. The goal is to create a single “mega API”—a bridge that lets software systems talk to one another—for accessing IRS data, sources tell WIRED.

wired.comDOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer DataDOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
WIRED
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DOGE ops have repeatedly referred to the company Palantir as a possible partner in the project, sources tell WIRED. "It's basically an open door controlled by Musk for all American's most sensitive information with none of the rules that normally secure that data," an IRS worker alleges to WIRED.

wired.comDOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer DataDOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.

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Mike
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What could go wrong? And with Palantir involved, Thiel and Musk walk away with the keys to the kingdom. Tech bro coup continues unchallenged. We’re f*cked.

WIRED
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“It’s hard to imagine more sensitive data than the financial information the IRS holds,” Evan Greer, director of Fight for the Future, a digital civil rights organization, tells WIRED. The IRS, Palantir, Sam Corcos, and Gavin Kliger did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Full scoop:

wired.comDOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer DataDOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
Mexico News
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Palantir is a Genocide Company bsky.app/profile/mehd...

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

"Meet the Tech Billionaire Just as Dangerous as Elon Musk" Eccentric Palantir CEO Alex Karp is profiting from Israel’s genocide abroad, writes @taylorlorenz.bsky.social for Zeteo, and wants to make money off of Trump’s immigration crackdown at home. zeteo.com/p/meet-the-t...

zeteo.comMeet the Tech Billionaire Just as Dangerous as Elon MuskEccentric Palantir CEO Alex Karp is profiting from Israel’s genocide abroad, and wants to make money off of Trump’s immigration crackdown at home.
Daneel
@dlpond.bsky.social

The loss of expertise with the dismissed technology staff is impossible to believe. How can they not see this will destroy the IRS infrastructure, and our government will be unable to be funded?