Ah, but Google promised to remove PII they found in this deidentified dataset, so worry not.
> If you’ve flown Spirit and worry that Google will soon know about a testy conversation you had with the airline’s call center, you’re being told not to worry. The court filing says the data was deidentified before being put on sale and Google has promised to scrub any PII it finds in the trove.
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The headline is a little on the nose. Nice try but it isnt going to hit the levels of "Headless body in topless bar".
Duplicate? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339599
Maybe they are building a social credit score system
they wrote a shit article while trying to make some airline puns
Woke up on the wrong side of the bed?
How the fuck is that even remotely legal? ... "deidentified" my ass.
Ah, but Google promised to remove PII they found in this deidentified dataset, so worry not.
> If you’ve flown Spirit and worry that Google will soon know about a testy conversation you had with the airline’s call center, you’re being told not to worry. The court filing says the data was deidentified before being put on sale and Google has promised to scrub any PII it finds in the trove.
I basically agree, but I'd also say: Every Gmail user has already accepted such a promise as sufficient.
Ah, trust me bro :)