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Uh no. I can't find it now, but there was a famous incident a long time ago (~2005?) where a major chat service (AIM?) released "anonymized" logs for research p
by tlrobinson 8y ago
Uh no. I can't find it now, but there was a famous incident a long time ago (~2005?) where a major chat service (AIM?) released "anonymized" logs for research purposes and people were able to deanonymize some of them.
Consider how easily people get doxed based on tiny shreds of information they post.
- SilasX 8y agoThat's an argument for why the OP is right that it's not anonymous enough, not that it's become the common practice not to regard these as anonymous.
- jkaptur 8y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_search_data_leak https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_search_data_leak
- tlrobinson 8y agoAh right, it was search logs, not chat logs. I think chat logs would be even harder to fully anonymize.