Dear Listers,

Today I'm wearing my CISA hat.

IEBC has launched a voter verification tool both through sms, and web query at http://voterstatus.iebc.or.ke/voter

If you are privacy conscious, and a little bit paranoid, you will realize that IEBC is doing badly with how they are exposing  raw data of nearly 20 million Kenyans to the world. Anybody with basic programing skills can be able to harvest the raw data through an automated search. If you search any random number with the format of Kenya ID numbers, say hypothetically 12345678, you will realize you can pull up citizen's details, at least ID number, and name, and where they live.

Basic security tips would require the system to have a captcha to prevent automated harvest of the information, and also have a challenge questions like date of birth to supplement the ID number, therefore thwart any mischievous individuals from harvesting the rich data

Can IEBC correct the anomaly?

Attached is a sample demo screenshot. Of course there is the other thing of strange ID numbers finding their way into the voter register.

Voter Details for Id: 12345678

Id / Passport Number	12345678
Primary Name	KIBET
Secondary Name	KIRUI
Birth Date	01/01/1994
Gender	M
Polling Station Code	101
Polling Station	LELACH PRIMARY SCHOOL
County	KERICHO
Contituency	BURETI
Ward	CHEPLANGET