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A similar release of "anonymized" NYC taxi data from 2013 shows that trip information can be pretty revealing. https://gawker.com/the-public-nyc-taxicab-databa
by dublinben 7y ago
A similar release of "anonymized" NYC taxi data from 2013 shows that trip information can be pretty revealing.
https://gawker.com/the-public-nyc-taxicab-database-that-accidentally-track-1646724546 https://gawker.com/the-public-nyc-taxicab-database-that-acci...
- jaclaz 7y agoThat wasn't anonymized, strictly speaking, it was (badly) hashed/encrypted, and it didn't actually reveal anything, it was pairing the data with photographs of the celebrities (and photos that included the cab license number). And after all, out of 173 million rides some 5 (five) were "identified".