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@@ -62,18 +62,19 @@ Defenders of the BERN app have pointed out that the information used is already
There were even unverified claims that [BERN was leaking voter ID numbers](https://info.idagent.com/blog/bern-app-exposes-150m-voter-records), which are the same as one's driver's license ID numbers in some states, through JSON responses in the first few days after its release. There don't be appear to be strict rate limits on calls to the API either, potentially inviting malicious actors from around the world — wink wink — to scrape personal data on tens of millions of Americans en masse.
![BERN's API response in Chrome DevTools](./json-response.jpg)
_BERN's API response in Chrome DevTools_
Others have noted that web-based organizing tools like BERN have been used by campaigns at all levels since President Obama's well-oiled, futuristic machine in 2007. This is also true, and I'm a big fan of the trend they started.
But the latter category of databases — like [NationBuilder](https://nationbuilder.com/) and, more notably, [NGP VAN's VoteBuilder](https://act.ngpvan.com/votebuilder) software based on the Obama campaign's inventions and now used by almost all Democratic campaigns across the United States — are secured and strictly guarded. Volunteer accounts need to be created and approved by paid campaign organizers and are locked down to provide the bare minimum amount of information necessary for one to canvass or phone bank a shortlist of voters. Every single click is also recorded in a [detailed log](/static/bernie-sanders-bern-app-data/sanders-campaign-audit.pdf) down to the millisecond. (This is how [Bernie's organizers got busted](https://time.com/4155185/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-data/) snooping around Hillary's VoteBuilder data last cycle, by the way.)
![NGP VAN's audit of the Sanders campaign's VoteBuilder
activity](./votebuilder-audit.png)
![NGP VAN's audit of the Sanders campaign's VoteBuilder activity](./votebuilder-audit.png)
_[NGP VAN's audit of the Sanders campaign's VoteBuilder activity](/static/bernie-sanders-bern-app-data/sanders-campaign-audit.pdf)_
BERN is taking this to an unprecedented level. Allowing anybody on the internet to sign up and add others' personal information to the campaign's database without their knowledge is troubling, especially when you consider the gamified "points" system they've added as an incentive to report as much information on as many people as possible.
![BERN discussion on /r/SandersForPresident
thread](./reddit-bros.png)
![BERN discussion on /r/SandersForPresident thread](./reddit-bros.png)
_[BERN discussion on /r/SandersForPresident thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/bi15la/new_get_the_official_bernie_sanders_2020_app_bern/elxi85m/)_
In addition to the points system, it was revealed in the webinar mentioned above that the campaign is planning on giving out shiny rewards based on how many friends one adds, setting expectations at 50+ contacts to reach the "Bernie Super Bundler" tier — whatever that means.