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Re:Show HN: Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius by civilian on Thursday October 27, 2016 @04:52PM (#12809978)
Heh, it's like salting their location.
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Re:Show HN: Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius by yarou on Thursday October 27, 2016 @06:37PM (#12810967)
Believe it or not, but this is exactly what the Chinese government mandates. It's known as China shifting[0], and can cause quite a lot of headaches.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_d...

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Re:Show HN: Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius by bo1024 on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:38AM (#12813134)
I'm thinking of ideas like [differential privacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy).
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