Re:Ask HN: Is there any right to online privacy?
by fsenart on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:39PM
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Where does the anonymous data come from? If anonymous data are considered as a disjoint and absolute point, then you're right. However, when considering the result of a set of transformations originating from an actual individual, we may have to question ourselves. Does the individual agree to be part of the process? Shouldn't we ask for his consent in the first place?
The poster seems to have privacy issues with anonymous data, so for the sake of the discussion we ought to consider actual anonymous data, and my question is therefore because to me the very definition of anonymous data means that there cannot be privacy issues. As such, the point the poster makes appears contradictory.