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Mar 2018
26m 20s

When Private Data Isn't Private Anymore

Ben Jaffe And Katie Malone
About this episode
After all the back-patting around making data science datasets and code more openly available, we figured it was time to also dump a bucket of cold water on everyone's heads and talk about the things that can go wrong when data and code is a little too open. In this episode, we'll talk about two interesting recent examples: a de-identified medical dataset ... Show More
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