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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 02:12:05 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

For #databrokers dealing with our personal information, our data can either be useful for their profit-making or truly anonymous, but not both. It is critical that user privacy is not sacrificed in favor of filling the pockets of corporations. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/debunking-myth-anonymous-data
In conversation about a year ago from mastodon.social permalink
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1. Debunking the Myth of “Anonymous” Data
  
  from Paige Collings
  
  Today, almost everything about our lives is digitally recorded and stored somewhere. Each credit card purchase, personal medical diagnosis, and preference about music and books is recorded and then used to predict what we like and dislike, and—ultimately—who we are. This often happens without our...
- MaybeMyMonkeys (maybemymonkeys@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Nov-2023 02:47:46 JST MaybeMyMonkeys
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  @eff the buyers of the data don’t want anonymity
  
  In conversation about a year ago permalink

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