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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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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[โ€“] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

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

[โ€“] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

Few of us are truly anonymous.