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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by solrize@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.world
 

They were able to de-anonymize posters from collections with 10,000's of users, tested with scrapings from Hacker News, LinkedIn, and Reddit. Not good from a privacy perspective.

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

location: "social media"
likes: "writing"
desires: "to stop"

Got your number, pal.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you honestly probably could get my number that way. It's public on the internet together with more words from me.

I think it's time to abandon my lemmy...

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Few of us are truly anonymous.