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by maniacwhat 4863 days ago
I think ideally this would be great, but in practice de-anonymization (by cross-referencing etc.) is extremely hard to prevent. So for the effort you may not even benefit from the bulk aggregation, only adding a layer of obscurity.
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That sounds like the least creative way to use mathematics. They can de-anonymize till the cows come home for all I care. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter at all. Plenty of salaries are made public for various reasons.