From COBOL to chaos: Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Evil Housekeeper Problem
Dan Hon
created: Feb. 7, 2025, 10 a.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.
In trying to make sense of the wrecking ball that is Elon Musk and President Trump’s DOGE, it may be helpful to think about the Evil Housekeeper Problem. It’s a principle of computer security roughly stating that once someone is in your hotel room with your laptop, all bets are off. Because the intruder has…
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