return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle buys Spirit Airlines data for AI training for just $10 million — purchase includes hundreds of millions of emails, Microsoft Teams chats, billions of flight pricing records, and anonymized passwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaredamnthefilibuster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days ago“Anonymized” Do you know how easy it is to deanonimize it? Clearly the regulators and politicians don’t care.
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoEspecially if you’re Google. Matching “anonymous” travel activity to their Google Maps, login, Chrome, and Gmail history should be pretty trivial with a high success rate.
minus-squareincompetent@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoTo them it’s a feature, not a bug.
“Anonymized”
Do you know how easy it is to deanonimize it? Clearly the regulators and politicians don’t care.
Especially if you’re Google. Matching “anonymous” travel activity to their Google Maps, login, Chrome, and Gmail history should be pretty trivial with a high success rate.
To them it’s a feature, not a bug.