Metadata Can Expose Identity Even Without A Name

Business - Boston.com, Boston Globe: Business
Fri, 01/30/2015 - 9:49am

Shopping habits can expose a person's identity even when he or she is a nameless customer in a database of anonymous credit-card records, according to a study that shows the power of so-called metadata to circumvent privacy protections. Robert Lee Hotz joins MoneyBeat. Photo: AP.

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