Comment by cameldrv

Comment by cameldrv 2 days ago

5 replies

Yeah and it’s simple to reidentify anonymous location traces. The simplest way is to buy cell phone location data from apps, which is generally intermittent, but even with just 5-6 location/time pairs, you’re going to be able to positively identify someone, with the small caveat that there will be some ambiguity with members of a household that share a car.

robojunkie 2 days ago

Is it anonymous aggregated data or just anonymized data? Anonymized data can easily be de-anonymized, as you stated.

  • johnisgood a day ago

    Assuming the worst in these cases is always a good idea.

  • autoexec a day ago

    Even aggregated has been and can be de-anonymized

  • 55555 a day ago

    Yeah, super anonymized if only my car leaves from my house every day to go to work and comes back every night...