By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026Google has also promised to use "de-identification" algorithms to purge the Spirit customer, supplier and employee data of personal information. 62/ 1131
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026But "de-identification" is a pipe-dream, widely understood by security experts as a form of wishful thinking by companies that want to exploit your personal information while still insisting that they aren't violating your privacy. 63/ 1336
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/08/2026In reality, "de-identified" data is always vulnerable to "re-identification" attacks: pluralistic.net/2021/04/30/d... 64/pluralistic.netPluralistic: 30 Apr 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1222
