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Latanya Sweeney — On Shaping Technology to Human Purpose

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Unique Identification by Date of Birth, Gender, and Zip Code Digits

In a data set, only six people had William Weld's date of birth, three were men, and he was the only one in his zip code. By linking voter and health data, his name could be uniquely identified. It was estimated that 87% of the population were similar to Governor Weld.

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