I can see why you'd infer that from my wording, but FWIW, I'm not intending to imply anything against Prof. Sweeney's work as I've not yet read the actual study. I was posting what I had found when trying the searches myself; for some reason, Google isn't serving me any ads...and Reuters served me what I had posted above.
If anything, this post is directed at commenters who have reflexively dismissed the study because they dislike the OP's summation. Just because the article summarizing the study may jump to a contentious conclusion does not mean that the study itself did. The fact that Reuters apparently messed up here is just an example of how a study with possible controversial implications can be misread by someone trying to write about it.
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I can see why you'd infer that from my wording, but FWIW, I'm not intending to imply anything against Prof. Sweeney's work as I've not yet read the actual study. I was posting what I had found when trying the searches myself; for some reason, Google isn't serving me any ads...and Reuters served me what I had posted above.
If anything, this post is directed at commenters who have reflexively dismissed the study because they dislike the OP's summation. Just because the article summarizing the study may jump to a contentious conclusion does not mean that the study itself did. The fact that Reuters apparently messed up here is just an example of how a study with possible controversial implications can be misread by someone trying to write about it.