Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Redditor cracks anonymous data trove to pinpoint Muslim cab drivers

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Last year, self-described data junkie Chris Whong obtained a 20 gigabytes treasure trove of data that detailed as many as 173 million individual cab rides in New York City in 2013, simply by asking for it


Each trip record included the fare, the pickup and drop-off time and location, and other metadata. What it didn't include, in order to hide the identity of the drivers, was the license plate number or the cab's medallion number, which is the unique four-digit ID that's is displayed on the side of yellow cabs in New York City



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from MashableLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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