Post AbM9ATDK6Py1b4Q8Fk by CrackedWindscreen@mastodon.online
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 (DIR) Post #AbM938WOdbs3OSqRJQ by CrackedWindscreen@mastodon.online
       2023-11-01T06:52:25Z
       
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       "Anonymised data" is a Grade A bullsh*t phrase. https://mathstodon.xyz/@mlaprise/111332707580827338
       
 (DIR) Post #AbM939EM0B25anPXpQ by shrikant@noc.social
       2023-11-01T07:55:32Z
       
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       @CrackedWindscreen Yup.If there are sufficient data-points, fingerprinting is easy.Heck, automated fingerprint-matching relies on only a few points of interest. (See: minutiae matching)You can narrow down the location of someone's house about 87% of the time just by knowing their DoB, gender, and zipcode. (https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/12/07/simulating-zipcode-sex-birthdate/)Anyone who claims aggregated and "anonymized" data keeps you private is lying through their teeth...
       
 (DIR) Post #AbM9ATDK6Py1b4Q8Fk by CrackedWindscreen@mastodon.online
       2023-11-01T07:56:52Z
       
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       @shrikant 100%. Maybe it is anonymised at that direct point of capture (maybe) but as you say, takes seconds to triangulate and ID someone.