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> The data collected could be used to identify a single person. > How many people have the exact same combination of CPU, amount of RAM, location, disk sizes,G
by y0ghur7_xxx 9y ago
> The data collected could be used to identify a single person.
> How many people have the exact same combination of CPU, amount of RAM, location, disk sizes,GPU vendor/model, disk layout and installed applications ?
> If the data is unique enough, it's PII.
You can not connect a unique combination of cpu, gpu, disk size, with me, y0ghur7_xxx, if you don't collect my ip address or my name in any other way, so no, it's not "personal data" as per GDPR.
- falcolas 9y agoAnd if a crash report for Firefox/Iceweasel/Chromium/Brave is sent, that contains a memory dump including your username? Seems like enough to make the connection, if someone got ahold of all the data.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- y0ghur7_xxx 9y agoThe wrote in the mail that crash reports are anonymised.
- Aaargh20318 9y agoThey may well be, the issue is something called re-identification. Even with anonymised data, even when using differential privacy, re-identification can be possible if you're not very careful. The more data you have, the more likely re-identification is.