> Not sure what the relevance of crypto is. i suppose mixed meanings here. i thought your concern was taking anonymous data and tracing it back to users by reversing a hash or something like this.
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/last-fm-and-the-diabolical-power-of-data-mining right. so are you envisioning a scenario where the RIAA uses anonymous data - which only contains listening habits and a hash code - to uniquely match you with your myspace profile? and uses this to sue in court? despite what the above blogpost says data record matching is a tricky problem. i think this is a paranoid scenario. but, you have a valid position. and maybe i'm in the minority. altho you did agree to openly share your personal listening habits earlier :-) i still believe that any obscure risk posed by anonymous user data is out weighed by potential benefits. -kurt j _______________________________________________ Libre-fm mailing list [email protected] http://lists.autonomo.us/mailman/listinfo/libre-fm
