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Record Linkage and the Universal Identifier (1972) (acm.org)
19 points by cxr on July 25, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> We must... ...agree that personal data systems should continue to be haphazard, error-prone, expensive, and unreliable.

Agreed. And we should structure our laws and institutions to respect that, instead of attempting to make the computers' models of the real world perfect (an impossible task) and delegating our discernment and responsibility.




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