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		teraku on Dec 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Big data may not know your name, but it knows ever... In Germany (I think all of the EU), a dataset can only be published if the sample size is at least >=7.

williamtrask on Dec 30, 2021 [–]

Just fwiw sample size isn’t a robust defence against this kind of attack. Check out Differential Privacy.

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