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Re: [LUG] OT: MS evil WSTOTC

 

Stunningly stupid statement.


On 8 December 2013 14:27, Daniel Robinson <manipula@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Kinda makes you wish we went for the id card.. Cctv, freedomless internet, shockingly bad tv, worsoning education, higher tax's no democracy!!!

i'd kindly take the id card if we can get the above back!

On Dec 7, 2013 4:42 PM, "Henry Bremridge" <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 03:30:12PM +0000, Philip Hudson wrote:
> Just look at the list of personally identified data.
> http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/testimony-regarding-race-to-the-top-funds-for-seattle/
>
>
And similar arguments will apply in most developed countries. And the more
you post on facebook, Tesco Club Card, Nectar and the such like the more
you can be identified.

eg

http://www.businesscomputingworld.co.uk/revealed-secret-piis-in-your-unstructured-data/

    Carnegie Mellon computer science professor and data privacy expert
    Latanya Sweeney ran the numbers back in 2000: using then current census
    data (broken down by zip codes and age groups) she was able to identify
    87% of the people in the US using just those three non-PIIs.

    Piecing the information together is even easier in the UK, as a post
    code will often cover little more than a single street.


http://godplaysdice.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/uniquely-identifying-people-by-birth.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2013/07/22/how-just-a-zip-code-can-tell-a-marketer-exactly-who-you-are/

    Marketers use the same techniques to gather information about potential
    and actual clients. From a few pieces of the puzzle, such as a name and
    a ZIP code, data brokers and companies can find an address, the phone
    number and other personal data. It’s a simple matter of statistical
    probability to find the information.

http://www.afd.co.uk/manuals/postcodeplus/CensTab.asp

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