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by dbbk 2064 days ago
How can an IP address without the last 3 digits possibly ever identify someone? That surface area is just way too large.
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M2Ys4U 2064 days ago
By using other information to narrow the pool of possible people.
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lez 2064 days ago
Aren't the biggest corporations doing the same on orders of magnitude larger datasets? They get away very well with merging data from quite a few acquired companies.

If small companies are called upon compliance with such vehemence, the big ones who know so much of us should be brought up, at least 100x times more.

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M2Ys4U 2063 days ago
> Aren't the biggest corporations doing the same on orders of magnitude larger datasets? They get away very well with merging data from quite a few acquired companies.

Yes, and it's worth noting how few data points one needs to identify an individual.

>If small companies are called upon compliance with such vehemence, the big ones who know so much of us should be brought up, at least 100x times more.

Absolutely, no argument from me here.

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