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Re:Apple iOS privacy clampdown 'did little' to reduce tracking by chris37879 on Sunday April 10, 2022 @07:43AM (#30976234)
33 bits. That's how many bits of information it takes to identify you out of anyone on the planet, more or less. If your hometown contains about 100,000, for instance, knowing it would count as about 16 bits worth of info toward that 33 bits. Computerphile did a really good video on de-anonymization a while back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puQvpyf0W-M
Re:Apple iOS privacy clampdown 'did little' to reduce tracking by poidos on Sunday April 10, 2022 @07:51AM (#30976259)
See also Gwern’s classic article: https://www.gwern.net/Death-Note-Anonymity