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I'd assume it's to prevent your friend from being able to know that the extra kit was yours? Though if all your friends use their correct information - that inf

by haar 9y ago

I'd assume it's to prevent your friend from being able to know that the extra kit was yours? Though if all your friends use their correct information - that information is still leaked, hence the need to distribute them to friends outside of the same social circle to minimise the chances.

bigbugbag 9y ago
With a little cross referencing of third party "anonymized" metadata such as cellphone location, or facebook graph (works with other data set) it is very easy to uncover all the identities involved in this scenario with a high probability of success (>90%). You'd have to push preventive measures further than distributing outside of the same social circle if you are serious about this. One should also consider the legal aspect of this as there are places where faking your online identity is illegal.