, 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.
SteveB
Look at the title: "Researchers reverse Netflix anonymization". There is nothing in the article that supports that title. There is no breach of user confidence, poor security on Netflix part or anything else that could remotely be construed as a reversal of t...
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