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I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House (open.substack.com)

submitted 4 hours ago by justignoreme@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/61033678

Deep dive into the tech being deployed by an unofficial US government office. References cited at the bottom of the article.

Tin-foil hats cinched tight. This is not good.

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[–] voxel@feddit.uk 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

How is this directly privacy related?

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

the article is about all the information being harvested (and sent to private companies) from people visiting the .gov sites. It's got detailed receipts on who the info is going to as well.