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		hulitu on Oct 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ozempic Is Making People Buy Less Food, Walmart Sa... > anonymized customer data and finding that shoppers taking the diabetes drug So the data was not very "anonymized".

adammarples on Oct 10, 2023 [–]

There's no way to identify someone because you know they're taking a widely available drug

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