Hi, Just updating with a recent find.
>>>>My opinion is they should make pdfs after Rasterising the pages in a kind of Odd and jaggered font >>>>So that they are readable by Humans but not easily by Machines Now they have a captcha before you can download a pdf and the PDF itself is Rasterised. On Monday, May 19, 2014 at 12:09:45 PM UTC+5:30, Naraina Damle wrote: > > HI > > YES, > > I think the way the Data access is provided gives transparency but it can > be misused. > I had downloaded Goa and Delhi pdfs several years back. > > Then explained to someone on a social network how he/she can be tracked > and Stalked. > PIPL.com can help you get complete name even if your name is hidden on > some networks. > MTNL/BSNL Phone directory can get your number > Voter pdfs can give your address > > and this can be done on a mass scale. > > My opinion is they should make pdfs after Rasterising the pages in a kind > of Odd and jaggered font > So that they are readable by Humans but not easily by Machines > > Rgds > Dilip Damle > > > > On Friday, April 11, 2014 9:55:03 AM UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I found this interesting article by a guy who downloaded and processed >> the Voter list of Delhi: https://medium.com/p/1aff55526881 >> >> I found this via a discussion on Reddit: >> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/22pn8u/i_wrote_a_few_simple_python_scripts_to_retrieve/ >> >> I'll like to quote his findings here: >> >> >> 1. It is possible to automate the retrieval of every single PDF roll >> all across India >> 2. These PDFs can then be processed in a matter of minutes to produce >> details like Addresses, names, father’s name, gender, age and voters ID >> number for every single registered voter of India >> 3. Nearly 25% of the Voter IDs assigned within only Delhi fail to >> conform to the government format, and fail the Luhn Checksum test used to >> validate them. It is likely that other states are in a similar, if not >> worse condition >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Devdatta Tengshe >> >> -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
