There was a Fascinating Medium Article that Caught Our Interest. A Programmer From Cambridge Analytics and His Work Published on Githubpic.twitter.com/pMivDh5xNC
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Cambridge Analytics
They Targeted Twitter
They Targeted Facebook
They May Have Targeted Voter Registration Files!
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Within Minutes Of Taking Screen Shots of This Page it was Removed!pic.twitter.com/6mANaxMrkY
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The Python scripts there were very interesting. One is for guessing the political interests of a Twitter user.
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The other one initially seems rather innocent. It contains code to determine the latitude and longitude of a given address.
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The data the script is built to analyze contains fields called "voter_id" and "CongressionalDistrict". WTF?pic.twitter.com/SjiPgxj51q
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This Would Be Exactly What You Would Use To Target And Hack a Voter Registration Database!!
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Anyone Who Had Access to a Voter Registration Database Could Use This to Find the Latitude and Longitude of Any Address in the Database
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It Would Also Be Easy to Find the Coordinates of All the Polling Places. Add Demographic and Historical Data, Mix to Taste.
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With Very Little Work, These Scripts Could Be Used to Figure Out Where You Need Votes to Win, and Where They Need To Be.
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With Access to Voter Registration Databases, You Could Even Move Those Voters to Where You Need Them To Be.
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Move a Voter to a Different Precinct or County Two Things Happen. They Can’t Vote Their ID Could Then Be Used to Cast An Electronic Vote.
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You Could Move Voters to Different Polling Stations. You Could Make Sure Their ID Doesn’t Match Their Registration.
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We Know These Databases Were Targeted. These Attacks Weren't a Training Exercise. They Had a Goal and a Plan.
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Weaponized Information Doesn't End at Microtargeting. It Starts There.
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Why The Hell Did Cambridge Analytics Design These Scripts? Who Provided them with Voter Registration Files.
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Did They Actually Hack Voter Registration Files? Did They Alter The Results of the Election?
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There are links in the original article that do still point to these scripts.https://medium.com/tow-center/cambridge-analytica-the-geotargeting-and-emotional-data-mining-scripts-bcc3c428d77f …
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