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Re:Algorithm can pick out almost any American in supposedly ... by heavenlyblue on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @11:16AM (#20516077)
>> Aggregated data that can no longer be reduced to a single individual at all.

Even aggregated data will loose the anonymisation characteristics when we are speaking of low volumes of data.

Number of cancer patients in the area A: 1 Number of residents in the area A: 1

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Re:Algorithm can pick out almost any American in supposedly ... by doomjunky on Thursday July 25, 2019 @09:17AM (#20525103)
Even for big numbers, if x = 100% or x = 0%
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