4 ms·
It is getting easy to break anonymous datasets with mining: Netflix: http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0610105 http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0610105 AOL: http://www.techcrunch
by gaika 18y ago
It is getting easy to break anonymous datasets with mining:
Netflix: http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0610105 http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0610105
AOL: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/07/aol-this-was-a-screw-up/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/07/aol-this-was-a-screw-up...
- randomwalker 18y agothanks.. the netflix thing was me and my advisor. i've started a blog around our anonymity breaking research: http://33bits.org/ http://33bits.org/ we've been working on breaking anonymity in social networks for a year or two now. we'll have more to say soon.
- sachinag 18y agoYet another reason to really re-think being "anonymous" online or the supposed safety in numbers of "aggregate data". Smart folks like you understand that we have digital fingerprints that extend beyond any one platform.