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A comment on California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got data to study education. Parent comment

Re:California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got ... by jasonlotito on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:25PM (#36909273)
Data aggregation does not guarantee privacy.
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Re:California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got ... by prepend on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:20PM (#36910140)
Of course not, but there are tests that can be applied to determine if privacy is protected.

It’s not possible to just aggregate and be done. But it is possible to set some privacy threshold and then insure that all records conform to that acceptable risk level.

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