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

  • wook :fedora:@fosstodon.org
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    2 months 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.socialB
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    2 months 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…"