True, But now I think it is more difficult to convert them back to a Processable Data. IMO
It is basically for human (visual) consumption. That is good On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 10:26:23 AM UTC+5:30, srinivas kodali wrote: > > The election commission gives all this pdfs in CDs to political parties > under law. The lack of availability of voter lists makes it hard for people > to know if they are in the list or not. That is main issue for most of > them. > > Regards, > Srinivas Kodali > > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:18 AM Naraina Damle <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Just updating with a recent find. >> >> >> >>>>My opinion is they should make pdfs after Rasterising the pages in a >> kind of Odd and jaggered font >> >>>>So that they are readable by Humans but not easily by Machines >> >> >> Now they have a captcha before you can download a pdf and the PDF itself >> is Rasterised. >> >> On Monday, May 19, 2014 at 12:09:45 PM UTC+5:30, Naraina Damle wrote: >>> >>> HI >>> >>> YES, >>> >>> I think the way the Data access is provided gives transparency but it >>> can be misused. >>> I had downloaded Goa and Delhi pdfs several years back. >>> >>> Then explained to someone on a social network how he/she can be tracked >>> and Stalked. >>> PIPL.com can help you get complete name even if your name is hidden on >>> some networks. >>> MTNL/BSNL Phone directory can get your number >>> Voter pdfs can give your address >>> >>> and this can be done on a mass scale. >>> >>> My opinion is they should make pdfs after Rasterising the pages in a >>> kind of Odd and jaggered font >>> So that they are readable by Humans but not easily by Machines >>> >>> Rgds >>> Dilip Damle >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, April 11, 2014 9:55:03 AM UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I found this interesting article by a guy who downloaded and processed >>>> the Voter list of Delhi: https://medium.com/p/1aff55526881 >>>> >>>> I found this via a discussion on Reddit: >>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/22pn8u/i_wrote_a_few_simple_python_scripts_to_retrieve/ >>>> >>>> I'll like to quote his findings here: >>>> >>>> >>>> 1. It is possible to automate the retrieval of every single PDF >>>> roll all across India >>>> 2. These PDFs can then be processed in a matter of minutes to >>>> produce details like Addresses, names, father’s name, gender, age and >>>> voters ID number for every single registered voter of India >>>> 3. Nearly 25% of the Voter IDs assigned within only Delhi fail to >>>> conform to the government format, and fail the Luhn Checksum test used >>>> to >>>> validate them. It is likely that other states are in a similar, if not >>>> worse condition >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Devdatta Tengshe >>>> >>>> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
