alt Hacker NewsBut this article is about a decision to damage the census less. If you value an accurate census, you should be celebrating!
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swiftcoder • yesterday at 4:38 PM
TFA lays out why things don't work that way. If you erode trust in the privacy of census responses, an awful lot of folks will have to start lying on their census
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If they follow the rules, preserving privacy via cruder methods, the data will be much more damaged.
For any particular level of privacy, the banned methods can give you more accurate data. For any particular level of accuracy, the banned methods can give you better privacy.
The only way we're getting more accurate data is if the new rule causes them to largely abandon privacy. That would be bad. Harm for no benefit.