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Re:Net neutrality is in jeopardy again by accountyaccount on Monday May 08, 2017 @01:07PM (#14293478)
If someone really wanted to, couldn't they buy that anonymized data and then make a series of inferences on which data is yours based on cross-referencing various information? (please correct me if this is wrong)

Like say I run hackernews — couldn't I just cross-reference my own logs with that "anonymized" data and get a pretty good idea of what a specific users' traffic was?

Based on some of the tools Uber has used to pinpoint specific users like, government officials, it doesn't seem too far beyond the realm of possibility.

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Re:Net neutrality is in jeopardy again by chiefalchemist on Monday May 08, 2017 @11:09PM (#14297458)
Exactly. Gather a could sources - as is already happening - and with a graph DB and not even grad level algorithms you could get a pretty accurate picture of enough people, given enough data.
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