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Making smartphone data anonymous no longer enough: study
The researchers say people can now be identified with just a few details of how they communicate with an app like WhatsApp.
With just the direct contacts of the person included in the dataset, they found they could identify the person 15 percent of the time.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
Privacy measures that are meant to preserve the anonymity of smartphone users are no longer suitable for the digital age, a study suggested on Tuesday.
Vast quantities of data are scooped