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Re:California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got ... by nvy on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:02PM (#36914554)
The specific data? No idea, never seen it.

Do I think that, in principle, data sets can be anonymized? Of course I do.

Your incredulous tone and excessive ellipsis seems to imply you find this position to be ridiculous, so maybe you'd better be a little less snide and a little more expansive on, what, exactly, your problem is.

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Re:California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got ... by chaps on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:26PM (#36916560)
Honestly? I'm fucking terrified by their confidence in de-identify datasets without any possibility of re-identifying most of the dataset.
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Re:California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got ... by chaps on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:47PM (#36926501)
It's because their confidence in deidentifying data doesn't match the significant risk. If you think it's worth it and are willing to take that risk that's on you and those you risk harming.
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