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23-Year-Old Elon Musk Rep Granted Energy Dept. IT Access Without Security Clearance
(balleralert.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
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This is the guy writting back door access into computer systems in the government? This can only end badly. One day when America's enemy get aggressive enough they will exploit this weakness in our system he put in. It be 100% this guy's fault when that happens.
You tell me a 23 years old can be compromised ! Who would have thought !
Heavy threats or promised large sum of money won't be used against such a strong willfull man right ?
Ageism right here. There is nothing preventing a 23 year old from holding a security clearance and being as trustworthy as a 50 year old.
So you dont mind a inexperienced 23 years old running the energy dept. You know the one whom handles fissile materials etc...
And don't forget he has no security clearance, was not vetted.
His age and his lack of clearance are entirely separate matters, one is worthy of criticism and the other isn't.
What about experience? Can a 23 year old have the experience to understand the gravity of what he is dealing with?
A 23 year old is an adult, can drive, have children and kill people in war.
Stop infantilising the person. You should criticise them based on their actual actions.
"Although the brain stops growing in size by early adolescence, the teen years are all about fine-tuning how the brain works. The brain finishes developing and maturing in the mid-to-late 20s. The part of the brain behind the forehead, called the prefrontal cortex, is one of the last parts to mature. "
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-teen-brain-7-things-to-know#%3A%7E%3Atext=Although+the+brain+stops+growing%2Cthe+last+parts+to+mature.
That doesn’t answer my question.
You're the only one that brought up clearance.
It's almost like there's context here. https://lemmy.world/comment/14942989
If only there were a vetting process to allow Government to check if someone is or is likely to be compromised!
Maybe once the person has been cleared through that process we could give them something that can be recognised between agencies? Some sort of clearance?