How anonymous is anonymous data collection? According to a Belgian study, there's an 83% chance that you can be identified based on gender, birth date, and postal code.
More data points than that, and you're a fish in a barrel.
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How anonymous is anonymous data collection? According to a Belgian study, there's an 83% chance that you can be identified based on gender, birth date, and postal code.
More data points than that, and you're a fish in a barrel.
I am not well versed in the statistics of global hunger, but I do know the United States has the largest arable tract of land in the world and it pays farmers to watch it blow away.
Because disposable diapers don't cost enough, Pampers has developed a smart diaper that notifies you when your baby needs to be changed.
The New Yorker ran 12,000 words today about how Al Franken was unfairly deposed as a result of the MeToo movement; rationalizing his behavior in part because it occurred "in his capacity as a comedian." So, it's OK to abuse people as long someone think it's funny? Is that not the precise culture we are trying to change?
The Chaplain of the House of Representatives opened a session this week with a prayer to "cast out all spirits of darkness from this chamber".
Now there's no one left to vote on legislation.
Perhaps the most insidious aspect of Microsoft's software-as-a-service model is that it giveth and it taketh away.
One day you wake up and discover that Microsoft decided you no longer needed a given feature.