Government is understandably wary of publishing personal identifiers, though they're often vital to transparency. Fortunately, there are technological approaches to this problem --government should embrace them.
Continue readingEncrypting our Congress API and protecting your location
If you're using our Congress API — **especially** if you use our endpoints that look up Congressional representation based upon zip code or latitude/longitude — we **strongly recommend** you use HTTPS. It's for your own protection, after all.
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