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Maybe don’t trust that crowdsourced voter fraud app.

Because according to Wired, it might leak your identity if you post there:

When loading new posts, VoteAlert inadvertently returned the email addresses of users who submitted reports or comments, making them visible to anyone who inspected the site’s source code.

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