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Canadian election databases use “canary traps”—and they work (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/canada@piefed.ca
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In a world awash in high-tech security tools like passkeys, quantum-safe algorithms, and public-key cryptography, it can be refreshing to get back to the simple things… like a good old-fashioned canary trap.

The canary trap is a simple tool often used to identify leakers or double agents. To make one, you simply share a document, image, or database but make tiny changes that are unique to each recipient. That way, if those changes show up verbatim in any leak of the information, you know immediately which recipient was behind the leak.

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[–] 10 points 6 months ago

Elections Alberta quickly investigated and announced that the list used by Centurion was a copy of one legitimately released to the Republican Party of Alberta. Election officials were confident in their claim because, whenever they release a copy of the electoral list, they salt it with additional but bogus entries. The fake entries inserted in the Republican Party version of the list showed up in Centurion’s online tool, too.

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    [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    The usual suspects... of course!

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    [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    Cool article, thanks for sharing!

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    [–] 5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Jesus, what a clustercuss.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    You can say fuck on the internet.

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    [–] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    The Centurion Project, described by the CBC as a “separatist group,” used the list to power an online database of voters. (...) Elections Alberta quickly investigated and announced that the list used by Centurion was a copy of one legitimately released to the Republican Party of Alberta.

    Republican Party of Alberta - Wikipedia https://share.google/aAbOnJOgATgLyuSUO

    Hey Americans, would you kindly keep your trash on your side of the border?

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