Zack Whittaker on Nostr: A bug in a new Georgia voter registration website "allowed people to access a ...
A bug in a new Georgia voter registration website "allowed people to access a voter’s date of birth, driver’s license number and last four numbers of a Social Security number."
Per the AP, that’s the "same information needed to verify a person’s identity and allow a registration to be canceled."
I find it incredible and utterly bizarre — and so dangerous — that in this day and age, the U.S. makes voter registration data public — for exactly situations like this!
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-cancel-voter-registration-personal-information-5bf7d7d474e0e077c7fd50141ff487e8
Per the AP, that’s the "same information needed to verify a person’s identity and allow a registration to be canceled."
I find it incredible and utterly bizarre — and so dangerous — that in this day and age, the U.S. makes voter registration data public — for exactly situations like this!
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-cancel-voter-registration-personal-information-5bf7d7d474e0e077c7fd50141ff487e8