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Re:Big data may not know your name, but it knows everything ... by konschubert on Thursday December 30, 2021 @06:37AM (#29735890)
That makes no sense, sorry.

Ok, 2^33 > world population, but that doesn't mean that the string "Hello world" is PII.

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Re:Big data may not know your name, but it knows everything ... by stillicidious on Thursday December 30, 2021 @07:26AM (#29736160)
33 bits of entropy, not just 33 bits
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Re:Big data may not know your name, but it knows everything ... by halhen on Thursday December 30, 2021 @06:43AM (#29735937)
That depends on the encoding, does it not? The binary sequence equal to ASCII "Hello world" might well be PII with many different encodings. By accident, of course, but nevertheless 33 bits of information would be enough.
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Re:Big data may not know your name, but it knows everything ... by AstralStorm on Thursday December 30, 2021 @06:39AM (#29735906)
Unless someone is actually called Hello World. Or perhaps Bobby Tables. ;)
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