On: Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census Bureau

[Forgeties79]

It’s not silly. I’m responding to this:

> If data about the public is so dangerous that we must disguise the results, then perhaps its data we shouldn’t be collecting in the first place.

We agree that doxxing is dangerous online yes? Your point about the white pages is exactly what I’m talking about. A piece of data isn’t inherently dangerous or not dangerous. It’s about context and ease of access by actors with various intentions.

[ghaff → Forgeties79]

>We agree that doxxing is dangerous online yes?

Potentially. But this is also information that was not historically a deep dark secret absent measures that, to a first approximation, no one took.