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Jeb Bush Publishes Thousands of Citizens' Email Addresses

Posted by timothy on from the public-records-now dept.

blottsie writes Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush hasn't even yet formally declared his desire to run for president in 2016, but he's already started what appears to be a major privacy blunder. His new project, the Jeb Emails, a massive, open database of correspondence to and from his jeb@jeb.org email address, publishes the full names, messages, and email addresses of his constituents who emailed him during his eight years in office.

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  1. Oops! by riverat1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not a good start.

    1. Re:Oops! by jordanjay29 · · Score: 3, Funny

      The ability to win elections is not an indication of whether a candidate is a good fit for her/his constituents. See also: Michelle Bachmann.

  2. Re:Testing to see if slashdot is really working by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You ruined my workday. I had nothing to do but *shudder* work all day.

  3. It Get's Worse by jordanjay29 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The small blessing is that most of the senior citizens in Florida probably have already given this information to scammers in Asia.