"Your Data Were ‘Anonymized’? These Scientists Can Still Identify You"

[TECSHARE]

"Your Data Were ‘Anonymized’? These Scientists Can Still Identify You"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/health/data-privacy-protection.html

[Spendulus]

"Your Data Were ‘Anonymized’? These Scientists Can Still Identify You"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/health/data-privacy-protection.html

This has been known for several years.

[netherfikk]

Nothing new honestly, nothing we didn't already know at least

[squatz1]

I think everyone in the world knows that this is the case. They can say that they're going to be 'anonymizing' my data and that there's no chance of anyone being able to link it back to me, but that obviously wouldn't be the case for these companies to make a profit. So -- yeah, here we are.

People truly do need to take a stand against this sort of behavior instead of allowing it to be the norm. Once we accept it as the norm, companies are just going to continue to steam roll us with this sort of thing. If we boycott companies who due this, and hurt their bottom line they're going to have to change.

[Spendulus]

I think everyone in the world knows that this is the case. They can say that they're going to be 'anonymizing' my data ...

Basically they are just lying.