CE is complicit after deleting published voter registration: IT expert

General news for Monday, November 23, 2020

Source: 3 News

2020-11-23

An IT security consultant, Prince Kpasra, says the Election Commission (EC) has become complicit after posting the names of voters on Google Drive, but later removed them.

The EC, over the weekend, made public the voter registration for the December 7 elections and this generated mixed reactions from Ghanaians.

But speaking on the morning show Sunrise on 3FM with Alfred Ocansey, the IT security consultant said the EC has violated people’s privacy with its action.

“The EC has become complicit now because it removed the information now. If you thought it was okay to put everyone’s information in a public drive accessible to anyone, especially scammers and merchants, and identify thieves and hackers whose information is available to everyone. While I am talking to you, although the EC has removed the link to the unit, the information is on my desk as we speak. “

According to him, the EC is now aware that it has violated privacy.

“As you can see, the problem is that the information is public, but removing everything is a crime. You have your information on Facebook, but when Facebook was breached, they had to respond to congress because now the entire database is available to those who have a little understanding of how to do a bit of social engineering or fraud to use your personal information. information to create an account and defraud and make your life a mess “.

Prince Kpasra said that what the EC could have done was create a database on its server so that when people access its website, they would type in their polling place, making it much easier.

Admitting that the matter has gone beyond the EC, Mr. Kpasra said that the public should now use their Ghana Card to open bank accounts and other transactions, as it is more secure.

Meanwhile, COLDSIS engineer and co-founder Yakubu Lantam Abdul-Jabar said it’s a lack of focus on the part of the EC and bad faith on the part of the EC and its IT team.