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HN won’t let me go deeper, so here it goes:

> "you could easily not switch to a CASCADE, but instead set delete=1 and mark every sensitive field with a special value"

Emphasize on the part after “and”




That is insufficient. You can still infer identities through metadata and behavioural analysis. For instance purchase history and geolocation is often enough to identify some individuals.




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