Republican Plan Would Make Deanonymization of Us Census Data Trivial
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A Republican plan to overhaul the US census data system could make it trivial to deanonymize census data, raising concerns about data privacy and potential misuse.
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techblueberry
2 months ago
2 repliesGiven the prominence of right-wing militia groups recently, I'm surprised we're not seeing more concern about the creation of the modern surveillance state.
CamperBob2
2 months ago
It's OK when they do it.
salawat
2 months ago
Home slice, you are way late to the show. At this point, it's concerted effort to not implement the system keeping it from being realized rather than there being any holes in the technological capability.
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