Just four bits of credit card data can identify most anyone

Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 14:30 in Mathematics & Economics

Just four bits of information gleaned from a shopper's credit card can be used to identify almost anyone, suggesting that even anonymous big data sets can breach individual privacy, researchers said Thursday.

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