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A few comments here claim that aggregated data is fine. An interesting read is [1]. It discusses how trajectories of individuals can be recovered from aggregated mobility data with high accuracy. It's a great read because it breaks down the approach into small logical steps, but the end result (recovering individual's trajectories from aggregated data) sounds bizarre at first.

[1]: https://blog.acolyer.org/2017/05/15/trajectory-recovery-from...



People are often able to get personally identifiable information from aggregated/anonymized data. At this point, I think people should be automatically skeptical that their personal habits are protected when a company claims they only collect/use/sell aggregated/anonymized data. In practice, it might not be protected at all.




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