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		js8 on May 1, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The False Allure of Hashing for Anonymization I thought the blog post made it pretty clear that it isn't.

jack9 on May 1, 2018 [–]

The blog post wasnt about

> pseudonimization strategy in context of GDPR guidelines.

i.e. Doing the minimal work to meet the guidelines. Effectiveness is incidental to that goal. Maybe I misunderstood the GP tho.

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