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As a software engineer I can assure you that this is absolute bullshit

• proc0 2y ago
  As people have pointed out it depends on the details. Maybe SSN is not the primary key and it's something else like name + DOB. It still requires more details to prove that it's being used maliciously but there's no reason to think it's completely b.s.
  • computerthings 2y ago
    The reason to think it's BS is that the schema of one table, without the whole process around, offers nothing to base such a conclusion on. His target audience is people who neither know or care. https://bsky.app/profile/chadloder.bsky.social/post/3lhrhwmrva222 https://bsky.app/profile/chadloder.bsky.social/post/3lhrhwmr... > Social Security systems represent data as a 1NF time-series of change entries: life event changes, legal name changes, address changes, and benefits formula and even statutory interpretation changes. > Read them forward like logs and calculate rollups which are ALSO versioned.
• mikequinlan 2y ago
  People (fraudulently and/or accidentally) use multiple social security numbers. https://www.nbcnews.com/technolog/odds-someone-else-has-your-ssn-one-7-6c10406347 https://www.nbcnews.com/technolog/odds-someone-else-has-your...
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• f30e3dfed1c9 2y ago
  The problem here is that Musk's statement is meaningless drivel. That suits him fine because his purpose is not to convey information but to create an impression. The impression he wants to create is that the system is fundamentally broken and that only he, the great and wonderful Elon, can fix it. It does not matter for his purposes whether the statement is true or not. In fact, it suits his purposes best if, as in this case, the statement is neither true nor false because it is essentially meaningless.