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Fairvote Canada

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What is This Group is About?/De Quoi Parle ce Groupe?

The unofficial Lemmy movement to bring proportional representation to all levels of government in Canada.

Voters deserve more choice and accountability from all politicians.

Le mouvement non officiel de Lemmy visant à amener la représentation proportionnelle à tous les niveaux de gouvernement au Canada.

Les électeurs méritent davantage de choix et de responsabilité de la part de tous les politiciens.


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We're looking for more moderators, especially those who are of French and indigenous identities.

Nous recherchons davantage de modérateurs, notamment ceux qui sont d'identité française et autochtone.

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Looks like a great way to stop getting donations.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

It’s really sad that we had to learn of the breach from haveibeenpwned and not from FairVote Canada themselves.

Really bad form on their part.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)
  1. In 2024, Fair Vote Canada sent out "almost 60,000 emails to members and supporters" [Steve Hindle, FVC co-chair].
  2. This isn't to say a data breach is acceptable, but Fair Vote Canada is mostly volunteer run.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

We have to keep careful as the powerful few would take advantage of this breach in an attempt to manipulate the proponents.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Having powerful enemies isn’t an excuse for your own bad behaviour with the private information of your supporters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m not involved with this situation. I often use 2fa.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

2fa does not provide any protection for this. This wasn't a hack or compromise of an account. It was the personal information of their supporters put up on the public web available to anyone and everyone.

As a Network and System Administrator in the healthcare field I am taken aback by what appears to be FVC's laze-fair response.

Note that although my information was a part of this, this doesn't really affect myself. The information published is already publicly available in a number of places online. I have also publicly stated my support for the work of Fair Vote Canada. But that is privileges I enjoy. There are many people for whom having this information leaked would be problematic and potentially dangerous.

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