Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Democrats to Obamaland: Share your data

http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/democrats-to-obamaland-share-your-data-84594.html?hp=t1


The hottest property to emerge fromBarack Obama’s lopsided victory over Mitt Romney is not the president’s much lauded campaign team. Nor is it the shrewd turnout operation that catapulted him to victory.
It is something far more valuable that’s being guarded as zealously as the Pentagon: Obama’s unprecedented database of an estimated 16 million voters, volunteers and donors, which gave the Democrat an indisputable edge in November.
that i think should be guarded and and maybe just given as a endorsement not as a tool in anybodies hands. that could really be critical to maintaining the voters privacy from overzealous candidates, lock and file it.
From the candidates running in 2014 to the state Democratic parties to progressive advocacy groups, there is an intense behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign afoot to pry from Obamaland its groundbreaking voter database.
The data is rich with intricate layers of information about individuals’ voting habits, television viewing tastes, propensity to volunteer, car registration, passions, email address, cellphone numbers, and social media contacts. The historical trove enabled Obama to connect with voters on a highly personal level and get them not only to vote but to actively persuade their neighbors to do the same.
this is exactly what i meant by our privacy potentially bing exploitd.