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Letters from the Future – II


Letters from the future.   Many of us wonder what can be achieved with big data, which combines multiple data bases and machine learning.  This is the second of a series of letters maybe not sent yet but soon will flood the world.  We are suggesting what can be done right now, like today.  This particular letter is sent to Democratic voters; a similar letter targeting Republican voters is just as easy.  The footnotes are for you, the reader, not the letter recipient.

NOTE.  Many databases need to be resourced for this letter.  This is what big data does, and it does it today.

Dear Mr Enyone,

We understand you are very busy, and this is the reason you were unable to vote in the previous election (1), even though you are so registered.  It has come to our attention that you are earning about $45,000/year (2), and you must be concerned about the decline of the dollar and availability of universal health care (3). You also grew up in Detroit where most residents vote solidly Democratic (3). We know you watch frequently the CMC news network, where like-minded people congregate (4).  You don’t seem to have contributed to any particular religious group (5) .  You are like us, and you are most welcome.

Therefore we assume you will vote for Andrea Sommerfield for President,  xxx for Congress, yyy for the Senate.  To help you vote in this important election cycle, we attach a fully completed absentee ballot.  You need only sign and mail ii in. Your cost is only the price of a stamp.

Thanks for being a great citizen who cares deeply about his country’s future.  The time is now. Don’t delay.  Send your ballot now!

Thanks,

James Patoodle (6)
Citizen’s Institute for American Values
P.S. Please send a contribution so we may continue this important mission. 

(1)   Voter records are online.
(2)   Estimated from buying practices online and from credit card receipts.  Note, most credit card companies say they will never share their information except to so-called “partners.”  A simple arrangement as such is easy to make.
(3)   Easy to obtain from medical records, Facebook, high school graduation location, or other many other sources.
(4)   Available from cable companies
(5)   Tax return information – hacked. Or extrapolated from financial resources.
(6)   Signatory matches gender and ethnicity of recipient.

While this letter is simply encouragement for a possible supporter to vote, a more nefarious version would be to simply send in the absentee ballot on behalf of chronically non-voters (also a dababase conclusion).  Such non-voters would never know; such illicit voting would never be detected.  This form of voter fraud is virtually undetectable.

Our first letter is located at: http://used-ideas.blogspot.com/2017/02/letters-from-future-i.html

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