So I’m seeing some news (like this) saying that a database containing private information about Albertan voters got leaked to the Alberta separatists? And then the separatists made it into a searchable, public database? News outlets generally seem averse to speculation so none of them touch on how this happened.
So that’s my question: how could something like this happen? What went down?
One of the CBC stories mentioned that Elections Alberta salts their lists with a few fake names so they can trace leaks. Clever.
That’s brilliant! Kinda proud of them for doing things like that.
It’s a tactic with a long history—I think it started with paper publishers of dictionaries and encyclopedias in the 19th century, if not before.
I had heard maps, even so much so that the google got caught up in it once. Because people are brilliant someone went and opened a bar at one of the sites, if I am remembering correctly.
Way before, with maps. Deliberate errors so you know you’ve been copied.
Elections Canada is pretty solid. I dealt with them for election and EDA stuff. They always seemed very competent, well meaning, and responsible. I wouldn’t be surprised if that attitude has spread to the provincial bodies as well.