From Indivisible.org, how big data is being used for voter suppression--and how inept the oppressors are with sensitive information: On October 23, a story broke in Mother Jones, ProPublica, and Think Progress that caused a big stir in voting rights circles. A group of citizens in Illinois ha d discovered some smoking-gun evidence that the problematic Interstate Crosscheck program had some major security issues—and that key people knew about them. WHAT DID YOU GUYS DISCOVER? COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH THE SECURITY PROBLEMS YOU FOUND? Within the past two weeks we discovered massive security failures in the Crosscheck program and in how the Illinois State Board of Elections (SBE) handles voter data. We sent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to Illinois and other states for information about the program. We were startled by what we got back. For starters, we received multiple usernames and passwords that election officials use to log in to voter data and Cross...
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