Canadian election databases use "canary traps"–and they work
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- #Data Security
- #Electoral Fraud
- #Canary Trap
- Canary traps are a simple security tool used to identify leakers by making unique changes to documents shared with each recipient.
- In Canada, Alberta used a canary trap in its electoral list database, adding bogus entries to track unauthorized sharing.
- The Centurion Project, a separatist group, used the list in an online tool, and the fake entries revealed it came from the Republican Party of Alberta.
- Elections Alberta's investigation led to legal action, shutting down Centurion's site, and both groups pledged to comply with the law.