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minus-squareego@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoI don’t like data brokering in general, but they definitely need to crack down on de-anonymization.
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoAnonymous data sources are largely a myth. The idea you can have large sets of data remain anonymous is unrealistic. Once you have enough data points, it’s easy to de-anonymize almost any individual
I don’t like data brokering in general, but they definitely need to crack down on de-anonymization.
Anonymous data sources are largely a myth. The idea you can have large sets of data remain anonymous is unrealistic. Once you have enough data points, it’s easy to de-anonymize almost any individual