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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 2007-12-26
Outtanames999
It's a pretty weak proof of concept. If it was your Netflix account they de-anonymized you don't have much to worry about.

What they did is akin to saying that someone in your neighborhood drives a particular brand of car and fills the tank with a particular brand of gas once a week. Coincidenta...

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