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Re:Facebook was in talks with hospitals about a proposal to ... by StreamBright on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:16AM (#16771278)
How long do you think it would take to de-anonymize this data for a somebody who specialized in this?
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Re:Facebook was in talks with hospitals about a proposal to ... by codedokode on Friday April 06, 2018 @04:50AM (#16771874)
Both parties have hashes and source data. If they are able to match people in their lists, then they can find out who they are. So it is a matter of seconds I think.
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