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Re:LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addr... by ptd on Sunday November 25, 2018 @01:32AM (#18525703)
I suspect that information can be obtained in ways other than IP addresses. Close enough to be the same thing, but enough distance to state, “we’re not tracking IP addresses”, and have their lawyers approve.
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Re:LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addr... by oh_sigh on Sunday November 25, 2018 @02:56AM (#18525878)
Just hashes of IP addresses
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Re:LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addr... by civility on Sunday November 25, 2018 @03:13AM (#18525938)
I knew a guy who worked in an industry where using SSNs for identifying people was illegal. Their solution was to prefix the SSN with a leading one. Compliance.
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Re:LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addr... by marksomnian on Sunday November 25, 2018 @04:19AM (#18526118)
... how is that legal? If you cannot match by SSN, surely you still cannot match by SSN-but-with-a-prefix?
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Re:LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addr... by usrusr on Sunday November 25, 2018 @10:36AM (#18527265)
Before it is tested in court, every possible shade of grey looks blazing white to a group of people who mutually reinforce optimism and punish doubt amongst themselves.
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