beSpacific<p>In trying to make sense of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wrecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wrecking</span></a> ball that is <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> and Trump’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>, helpful to think about Evil Housekeeper Problem. It’s a principle of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/computersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computersecurity</span></a> roughly stating that once someone is in your hotel room with your laptop, all bets are off. Because the intruder has physical access, you are in much more trouble. And the person demanding to get into your <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> may be standing right beside you. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/natsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natsec</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networks</span></a> <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111283/elon-musk-doge-and-the-evil-housekeeper-problem-government-technology/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technologyreview.com/2025/02/0</span><span class="invisible">7/1111283/elon-musk-doge-and-the-evil-housekeeper-problem-government-technology/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financialsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financialsystem</span></a></p>