Hacker News
- US Department of Defense seeks tools to rapidly de-anonymize big data. http://www.zyn.com/sbir/sbres/sbir/dod/darpa/darpasb133-002.htm 14 comments technology
- Help needed regarding data privacy! I have this dataset, how can I identify the k anonymity for this? If i wish to make it 3-anonymous and 2-diverse, what can i generalize and suppress? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nn1kKscKfUyBxsX6gbj9kUbEOTPp6r3-/view?usp=sharing 2 comments privacy
- An interesting paper on how "anonymous" location data from Google Maps may not be all that anonymous after all. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27566-0 2 comments degoogle
- Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host Epik https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/anonymous-leaks-gigabytes-of-data-from-epik-web-host-of-gab-and-parler/ 12 comments technology
- django-anon - anonymize your production data https://www.reddit.com/r/django/comments/ftkx4w/djangoanon_anonymize_your_production_data/ 4 comments django
- A short 2-minute anonymous survey to analyze indian motorcycle helmet use. The survey is for a university project and as much data would be helpful. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1faipqlsfqsdj-jdymhoc026jhzwziphjw0wnji9_mvk-3tp5sxd2jtg/viewform?usp=sf_link 9 comments india
- “Anonymous” Data Won’t Protect Your Identity https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/cmfug0/anonymous_data_wont_protect_your_identity/ 2 comments privacy
- You're very easy to track down, even when your data has been anonymized https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613996/youre-very-easy-to-track-down-even-when-your-data-has-been-anonymized/ 7 comments technology
- There’s No Such Thing as Anonymous Data. But This Is How They’re Playing us with It. https://medium.com/privateid-blog/theres-no-such-thing-as-anonymous-data-but-this-is-how-they-re-playing-us-with-it-f49719211dd1 10 comments privacy
- A large new study has found that people with mental ailments such as schizophrenia are more genetically inclined to use cannabis. The new Nature Neuroscience study is the largest of its kind; the researchers analyzed anonymous genetic data from over 180,000 people https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/new-study-schizophrenia-likely-smoke-weed-717028/ 9 comments science
- Reddit announces data breach that threatens anonymity of users https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddit-announces-data-breach-threatens-anonymity-users-n896686 19 comments politics
- Anonymous email Tutanota: encrypted, no logging, no tracking, no selling of data. https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/anonymous-email 6 comments privacy
- Be a Deletist - /dɪˈliːtɪst/ a person who deletes their data in the quest for anonymity, privacy, and minimalism: paving the way for decentralized ethical systems. https://deletist.xyz/ 17 comments privacy
- Anonymous: Hacker unleashes 17.8GB trove of data from a Turkish national police server http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/anonymous-hacker-unleashes-17-8gb-trove-data-turkish-national-police-server-1544131? 46 comments europe
- Mobile location data 'present anonymity risk': a study of mobile phone data - used by advertisers or even released publicly - reveals that individuals can be identified using only four location points http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21923360 5 comments privacy
- Anonymous hacks U.S. State Department and investment firm, leaks data http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14440 133 comments technology
- Anonymous and the New Religion: Data http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/166490-the-new-religion-data/ 4 comments technology
- Anonymous FBI laptop hack nets 12 million Apple iOS users' data http://rt.com/news/fbi-antisec-apple-leak-342/ 3 comments technology
- Anonymous hacks NATO, leaks document to prove it, claims to posess 1 GB of data http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/21/anonymous-hackers-claim-to-breach-nato-security/ 24 comments technology
- Anonymous claims Yandex data breach affecting 150K users https://www.thecybersecuritytimes.com/anonymous-claims-yandex-data-breach-affecting-150k-users/ 16 comments worldnews
- Activision Blizzard is reportedly giving its employees gift cards in exchange for anonymized pregnancy tracking data https://www.techspot.com/news/79608-activision-blizzard-reportedly-giving-employees-gift-cards-exchange.html 22 comments nottheonion
- A data startup is letting users track and sell their anonymized health data directly to scientific research, in addition to connecting people with similar health conditions. https://nukleosome.com/ 7 comments science
- Firefox planning to anonymously collect browsing data https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.governance/81gmqemel0w 169 comments firefox
- North Korean State Media: “It (Anonymous) hacked into open servers of the DPRK without any secret data by use of poor hacking programs. And now it is busy describing it as a sort of big technological feat.” http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/06/22/kcna-hits-back-at-anonymous/ 5 comments worldnews
- MIT researchers show it's pretty easy to track people based on 'anonymous' cellphone data http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/de-anonymize-cellphone-data-0327.html 8 comments science
- Anonymous Delivers: The 7.39 GB of Data Anonymous Released for "Shoot Sheriffs Saturday" is now Available on ThePirateBay http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6587214 1670 comments politics
- Undeterred By Arrests, Anonymous Spills Data From FBI Contractor ManTech - Forbes http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/07/29/undeterred-by-arrests-anonymous-spills-data-from-fbi-contractor-mantech/ 79 comments politics
- Mint.com May Begin Selling Access to Anonymous Consumer Data (As expected) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=awjnlqf0y8zs 29 comments business
- Anonymized device data shows how far SARS-CoV-II spread from a single spring break beach party https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/map-shows-how-fla-spring-break-goers-may-have-spread-the-coronavirus-across-us.html 9 comments technology
- Firefox Considering Anonymously Collecting Browsing Data https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.governance/81gMQeMEL0w 49 comments privacy
- Firefox Considering Anonymously Collecting Browsing Data https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.governance/81gmqemel0w 107 comments linux
- Rasta.js - ACID-less anonymous public cross-domain key-value data store http://rastajs.errorjs.com/ 5 comments javascript
- Aral Balkan: "Anonymised data” is a multi-billion dollar industry for a reason. And the reason is because there’s nothing anonymous about it. https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/frwrb4/aral_balkan_anonymised_data_is_a_multibillion/ 51 comments privacy
- Anonymous Hits Chamber! data released about the US Chamber of Commerce. Thousands and thousands of docs released a few hours ago. Wanna help read through the docs and see what crazy things the Chamber is up to? There's thousands of these docs. It's a 1.2 GIGABYTE download..... http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/30/971631/-breaking:-anonymous-hits-chamber 45 comments politics
- Apple Maps could soon be able to tell you how busy a business is based on anonymous location data https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/15/apple-maps-live-busy-data-ios/ 385 comments apple
- Hacktivist group Anonymous Malaysia resurfaces, vows cyber-attack against govt over data breaches https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/01/25/hacktivist-group-anonymous-malaysia-resurfaces-vows-cyber-attack-against-go/1943943 3 comments worldnews
- Silk Road on Steroids. Combination of Bitcoin and Geopolitical Data seamlessly integrated to allow local and anonymous commerce for exchanging goods and services. Now available World Wide. Coming soon for iOS and Android. http://domfa.de/dc76e9f0c0006e8f919e0c515c66dbba3982f785/ 4 comments technology
- Search firm ceases storing users' data: Ask.com became the first major search engine to promise users it won't store data on their queries, giving people concerned about privacy the option of conducting research on the Internet in relative anonymity. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-briefs21.5jul21,1,2708851.story?coll=la-headlines-technology&ctrack=2&cset=true 22 comments reddit.com
- The National Bureau of Economic Research reports that there’s significant systemic error in the data on the LGBT population: “We find substantial under-reporting of LGBT identity and behaviors as well as underreporting of anti-gay sentiment ... even under anonymous and very private conditions.” http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/04/branding-queerness-the-curious-case-of-fun-home/479532/ 5 comments politics