And then... | Computer security: fraud fears as scientists crack 'anonymous' datasets | Technology | The Observer

Computer security: fraud fears as scientists crack ‘anonymous’ datasets | Technology | The Observer

a movie rental company released an anonymous list of film-ratings taken from its 500,000 subscribers. Using a statistical “de-anonymisation” technique, the academics were able to identify individuals and their film preferences

via guardian.co.uk

There’s no such thing as anonymous.

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Posted on January 24, 2010