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A data-hoovering website is making it easier than ever to not only find out a person's party affiliation and whether or not they voted, but even to find their address. Read more at @Futurism. #2024Election #DataPrivacy #Voting #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/vWCvoC

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[-] wook@fosstodon.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

@TechDesk@flipboard.social @Futurism .. (unfortunately and especially bad if it results in harm) at least sites like these expose how dumb it is to have public records with personal information.

[-] Incognitim@mastodon.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

@TechDesk@flipboard.social @Futurism
"What's worse, as ProPublica reported in 2022, the group behind VoteRef is run by a billionaire ex-Trump campaign official with a voter fraud vendetta. In its own investigation, 404 found that people who use the service have posted conspiracy theories about voter fraud using its publicly-aggregated data as well.

When we did our own perusal on Xitter, we also found that the site had been used by right-wing posters to dox a reporter..."

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