See the post on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/provisionalidea.bsky.social/post/3lhujtm2qkc2i
According to many comments, the US government DOES use SQL, and Musk is not understanding much what's going on.
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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Elon’s shock and fury about the database key sounds like he got a report from an out-of-breath 20 year old DOGE kid who thinks they’re hot shit and discovered some massive flaw.
Elon also seems like the kind of person that believes a database schema is all that’s needed to govern a population.
He’s mad because it isn’t blockchain
Goddammit, now you’re giving him ideas.
2027 Bingo Card: US adopts BTC as reserve currency, replaces USD, both crash.
Pretty sure that was already something they announced that they'd do.
It's not impossible. There are a lot of crypto grifters who have been prepping to scam the American government.
BTC? No way, that's way too sane. It's going to be DOGE.
Nah it'll be Trump Coin. Gotta own the grift from the top down
He already wants to replace everything in the US with Blockchain and Crypto scam shit doesn't he?
Did you want to trust a central authority for your Social Security? It'll get censored! /s
Database schema = "Not fraudulant", what's so hard about that? Login credentials don't even need to be encrypted if you say no fraud before you log in, and cross your fingers. It's basic programming knowledge, come on man. Also throw some salt over shoulder and slaughter a goat for good measure just in case.
Don't forget to unset the evil bit as well!
You just describe half of my career. 😅
You joke, but one of the programs at my work we use legit doesn't need credentials, just a username. That one's a head scratcher to me.
Would that almost be OK if it were like 40 characters long? Like, you can view any photo on Google Photos if you have the right alphanumeric string
Would still be saved insecurely in password managers and other issues though
Login? Why would I do that? Aren't the credentials in the code? I just hit the go button.
In plain text I assume right? You're not crazy..
If they weren't in plain text how could we check to make sure it's still there?