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Stanford Researchers Find Connecting Metadata With User Names is Simple

by zellio on 12/23/13, 10:12 PM with 5 comments

  • by alexdevkar on 12/24/13, 12:37 AM

    Interesting research that seems directionally true, but I wonder if this overstates the case. The sample set is people who are willing to download an Android app and share data with Stanford researchers. Those people likely have more info online than the average person.
  • by malandrew on 12/25/13, 3:00 PM

    I'd love to see an analysis of the other 9 they could not match to see what traits they share in common that make them difficult to analyze.