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Re:NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking by DerpDerpDerp on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @12:58PM (#6889270)
To be fair, if those recordings are time-stamped, it probably does leak information about user browsing habits.

Anonymizing data is hard.

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Re:NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking by aroch on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @01:20PM (#6889436)
Assuming they're adhering to privacy standards, the anonymization should be reported in aggregates and not like "{UUID} at {TIMESTAMP} reported {TRACKERS} at {URI}"
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