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by antisyzygy 2031 days ago
Risk of re-identification is hard to estimate. It's mostly because you have to assume some state of background knowledge. I.e. what fields does the adversary even know something about.

If Im looking for a white male in new york city it's going to be harder to find my target than it would be if I also know their birth date and zip code.