DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
www.wired.com
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
  • peteyestee@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    By rebuild I don’t think they mean it’s going to function the same. …just torn apart and replaced.

    • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
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      3 days ago

      It has to function the same. It has to follow the same laws as before.

      Bur more likely, they know this and it’s all part of privatizing social security.