[Popcon-developers] mining popcon data

[Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr (Bill Allombert)]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 06:38:30PM -0300, T?ssia Cam?es wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm thinking of applying some data mining techniques for debian data and I
> wonder if I could have access to popcon data set.
> I'd like to have it just after anonymizing step, but preserving the set of
> packages sent by each user.
> Would it be possible?

Generally, the answer is no, because data mining would violate the privacy expectation of the
user. For example, you could use data-mining to desanonymize partially the data.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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