DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, an IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.

DOGE is knitting together immigration databases from across DHS and uploading data from outside agencies including the Social Security Administration, as well as voting records, sources say. This, experts tell WIRED, could create a system that could later be searched to identify and surveil immigrants.

The scale at which DOGE is seeking to interconnect data, including sensitive biometric data, has never been done before, raising alarms with experts who fear it may lead to disastrous privacy violations for citizens, certified foreign workers, and undocumented immigrants.

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  • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    These people aren’t actually this stupid. They know illegal immigrants don’t vote. They know their interactions with social security are largely limited to paying in and never getting anything out. They know they don’t actually qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. No, the database is to surveil and track permanent residents and citizens.