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Researchers reverse Netflix anonymization
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-12-04

In a dramatic demonstration of the privacy dangers of databases that collect consumer habits, two researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have shown that a handful of movie ratings can identify a person as easily as a Social Security number.

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Researchers reverse Netflix anonymization 2007-12-07
EvilWizard
I honestly can't believe they compared the results of their study to identification through use of SSN's. I don't even know if I would qualify this as a FUD article as the effort itself is just silly when you read it...

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