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posted by mrpg on Wednesday October 17 2018, @07:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the Privacy-is-obsolete dept.

Approximately 35 Million voter registration records from 20 states have appeared for sale online. These records include Full Name, Phone, Address, Voting History and 'other' data. There have been other larger leaks and breaches of voter registration records in the past (for example, in 2015 191 Million were found to be freely accessible online)

Details including the affected states are available here: https://www.anomali.com/blog/estimated-35-million-voter-records-for-sale-on-popular-hacking-forum

Why is our voting history retained beyond the current election? This is especially worrisome if you vote in the wrong primaries in an area that has a prevailing opinion that differs sharply from your own.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @09:38AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @09:38AM (#749875)

    It seems to me the US is heavily polarised, to the point that extremists on both sides now openly profess that there needs to be another civil war to get rid of the "evil side" that is getting in the way of building their utopia.

    Where did you get this impression? From forum/comment trolls and the news?

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  • (Score: 2) by Unixnut on Wednesday October 17 2018, @10:03AM (1 child)

    by Unixnut (5779) on Wednesday October 17 2018, @10:03AM (#749886)

    > Where did you get this impression? From forum/comment trolls and the news?

    Pretty much. From social media / twitter and random news websites. I have also talked to a lot of Americans who come here (many with plans to permanently leave the US), so they might be painting a biased picture. Not actually living in the US, I can't say I have first hand data. Either you have a big problem with trolling, or you have a problem with extremists. Fact is, even if 95% of people are cordial and polite to one another regardless of political affiliation, the 5% can be a thorn in the side.

    Also, I know that you don't need the majority to be violent or extremists. Only a hardcore minority can cause serious problems, and start a cycle of violence that ends up nasty.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @11:11AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @11:11AM (#749906)

      Id doubt its even 5%. Maybe 0.5%. Look up the q thing, the news would have you think its violet white supremacists when really its primarily a bunch grandmas and grandpas whom are fed up with the DNC/RNC scams and just really hope the ringleaders get arrested. On the other side what the news shows is mostly just "vulnerable" (poor, etc) people being paid by george soros to protest.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday October 17 2018, @11:10AM (5 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday October 17 2018, @11:10AM (#749905) Homepage Journal

    When Gibson lead a rally in Portland a while back, the Antifa showed up all wearing black clothes and black helmets. Rifle-armed Patriot Prayer members climbed up on the roofs of neighboring buildings, however they didn't fire any shots.

    The Portland Police Bureau fired a flash-bang grenade directly at an Antifa member which embedded itself in his helmet and sent him to the hospital with a serious head injury. Had he not been wearing that helmet without a doubt that grenade would have killed him.

    Whenever the right and the left protest and counterprotest the police confiscate lots of stuff like brass knuckles and knives.

    Republican Senator Rand Paul has been voicing concern that the widespread polarization in the US could lead to political assassinations. I share the same concerns.

    Now I ask you to contemplate a truly terrifying thought:

    President Trump's effectiveness is somewhat limited because he makes plain that he's an idiot.

    What would happen to America would someone intelligent win election but who was otherwise just like Trump?

    Fascism is on the rise all over the world, it's not just in the US.

    What will happen in either 2020 or 2024 if Trump refuses to step down from office? The US military is sword to "uphold the Constitution" - but Trump is their Commander-In-Chief.

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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Unixnut on Wednesday October 17 2018, @11:42PM (3 children)

      by Unixnut (5779) on Wednesday October 17 2018, @11:42PM (#750211)

      > When Gibson lead a rally in Portland a while back, the Antifa showed up all wearing black clothes and black helmets. Rifle-armed Patriot Prayer members climbed up on the roofs of neighboring buildings, however they didn't fire any shots.

      Wow, that is quite a tense situation. Imagine if you will, that there was a third party on a roof nearby, someone not on either side, perhaps a paid agitator with a rifle. They could start firing on the Antifa members, and the Patriot Prayer members would be blamed. That would kick off one hell of shitstorm. If the courts placed the blame on the Patriot Prayer group, with no evidence any of the members in particular were the culprits, the right side would be incensed, "opression without evidence, they are trying to silence us!" they would yell. If the courts did not place the blame on the group, the left would be incensed, "They are killing us in the streets" they would yell. You would be screwed no matter what you did, and then the situation on the streets could get very explosive.

      > Republican Senator Rand Paul has been voicing concern that the widespread polarization in the US could lead to political assassinations. I share the same concerns.

      Sounds like you two are wise to the dangerous way things are unfolding. It is a shame most others seem to be sleepwalking into it

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @11:50PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17 2018, @11:50PM (#750218)

        This is called a false flag, most people are well aware of them by now... sorry but you are responding to a troll.

      • (Score: 2) by legont on Thursday October 18 2018, @12:39AM

        by legont (4179) on Thursday October 18 2018, @12:39AM (#750239)

        The most effective would be to fire at the police preferably from/through the crowd. I bet it will happen soon.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @07:13AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 18 2018, @07:13AM (#750345)

      The US military is sword to "uphold the Constitution"

      Back when Hawaii was an independent country, sort of, they had a name for this: a "Bayonet Constitution". The US military did not use force to impose a constitution, it practiced national self-defense against bloody poms to allow a constitution to be adopted. Get the difference? So now we reallly need to arrest the siwash son of a bitch that leads the "Prayer Whatthefuckevers" and force him to realize the futility of trying to bring about political change through the use of force and Large Samoans. Most of whom are Mormon, by the way! Named "Ammon"! No shit! Look it up! Fascists, who just recently apologized for being racist all these years: Mormon Newsroom [facebook.com]