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The intent of the comment was not to say the process is trivial or that removing PII is sufficient. However, it is not as impossible as people are making it out
by darth_avocado 3y ago
The intent of the comment was not to say the process is trivial or that removing PII is sufficient. However, it is not as impossible as people are making it out to be. I’ve worked on datasets at social media companies where literally thousands of columns were considered PII but realistically removing/scrambling just a subset of columns would make it impossible to identify individuals.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> I’ve worked on datasets at social media companies where literally thousands of columns were considered PII but realistically removing/scrambling just a subset of columns would make it impossible to identify individuals. Maybe, though I doubt it was that easy against any but the most trivial reidentification efforts, but since most privately held PII isn’t regulated (in the US at least), there's little consequence for a social media conpany getting it wrong other than PR.