Harvard professor calls data the 'new gold rush' as tech billionaire's department given 'unprecedented' access.
Several analysts and commentators have spoken out against Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency gaining access to Treasury Department data.Newsweek has contacted the White House and the Treasury Department, via email, for comment.
And one man, one Elon Musk, just hit the motherlode. He was handed keys to your vault.'Once, fortunes were built on gold and oil. Now, they're built on you—your clicks, searches, habits, and digital shadow. Data is a multi-trillion-dollar industry. Combined with your Social Security number, address, and more? That's the finest gold.'She continued: 'By combining Twitter's vast behavioral data with personal info, one individual, not an elected government.
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