The gap between anonymization claims and re-identification

Dead Internet Theory: Removing names can reduce privacy risk without making a dataset truly anonymous, because combinations of dates, locations, demographics, and other attributes may still link records back to real people.

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By Switchboard Tech Services · Originally published 2026-05-13

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