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Creates Smart Phone App to Give Supporters Voter Registration Lists Upsets
Privacy
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I'm sure this app is for the Obama goons in his "Truth Team" so they can
harass potential voters and his opposition.
>From
>WaPo<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-campaign-app-concerns-some-privacy-advocates/2012/08/07/548ed7f2-e0b6-11e1-8fc5-a7dcf1fc161d_story.html>
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Forget the clipboard. Forget the field office. All the modern campaign
volunteer needs is a smartphone and a smile.
President Obama’s reelection team has taken canvassing to the next
technological level, introducing a free iPhone app that maps the location
of nearby Democrats, identifying them by first name, last initial and home
address.
It also offers a script for volunteers to follow with potential voters and
tells how to elicit information about whether they are likely to vote for
Obama and whether they would be willing to volunteer for the effort.
The free app, introduced last week, has drawn the ire of some privacy
advocates, who note that anyone — not just legitimate campaign volunteers —
can download it. The information is publicly available elsewhere, privacy
advocate<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202658.html>
Shaun
Dakin said, but the easy access of the app is still a little creepy.
“It doesn’t make it right just because it’s legal,” Dakin said. “Anybody
can get this. There’s no way to prevent anyone from downloading this.”
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<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>*| August 8,
2012 at 11:33 AM | Tags: invasion
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