Article 3BAPM The Australian health authority believed it had "anonymised" a data-set of patient histories, but academics were easily able to unscramble it

The Australian health authority believed it had "anonymised" a data-set of patient histories, but academics were easily able to unscramble it

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Cory Doctorow
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The Australian government's open data initiative is in the laudable business of publishing publicly accessible data about the government's actions and spending, in order to help scholars, businesses and officials understand and improve its processes. (more")

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