Comment on UK Biobank health data keeps ending up on GitHubparentComments−fastaguy884moBioBank claims (1) only de-identified data was available and (2) none of the data was actually sold before the datasets were taken down.−john_strinlai4mounfortunately for most people, de-identified data is typically a very short analysis away from being re-identified.the field of de-anonymization is booming.−nxobject4moEspecially for a nation-state that's already hoovering up data broker products.
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BioBank claims (1) only de-identified data was available and (2) none of the data was actually sold before the datasets were taken down.
unfortunately for most people, de-identified data is typically a very short analysis away from being re-identified.
the field of de-anonymization is booming.
Especially for a nation-state that's already hoovering up data broker products.