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I don't believe that house residents are being changed in order to stop identification attacks. That simply doesn't have the ring of truth, and in no other ear
by IncRnd 5y ago
I don't believe that house residents are being changed in order to stop identification attacks. That simply doesn't have the ring of truth, and in no other earlier press release or discussion about the Census did I ever see that mentioned.
This Census action actually doesn't stop that attack from materializing. It is known and possible to purchase DMV records that give information about residents. People already do this all the time. I'll guarantee you that DMV records are overall more correct than Census data.
It's just the intentional recording of falsified data.
- WaxedChewbacca 5y ago
- freeone3000 5y ago? Talk to someone who actually worked on the census. These are fudge numbers used for differential privacy for low-count categories in a census block. The counts at district and state levels are and must be accurate; individual blocks are fudged.
- IncRnd 5y agoWhy? That doesn't make the data accurate. They are still bad data, and DMV records already allow this supposed attack far more effectively and directly. This munging of data doesn't do what it is purported to do. It is security theatre and just a pretense at security.
- freeone3000 5y agoDMV records are not publically published! Census records are, after a mere 72 years. The protection isn't from your government, it's from everyone else in the world.
- IncRnd 5y agoThat's far from the whole truth. People and companies purchase DMV records nationwide from brokers.