Thursday, August 9, 2012

Obama Campaign App Raises Privacy Concerns

The free Obama for America app – which can be downloaded for the iPhone and Android – gives users the first name, last initial, gender and addresses of registered Democrats. - CBS

The app has raised the ire of privacy advocates.

“It doesn’t make it right just because it’s legal,” Shaun Dakin, CEO and founder of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry, told The Washington Post. “Anybody can get this. There’s no way to prevent anyone from downloading this.”