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> 100% anonymous

This language feels disingenuous, given that fingerprinting could be used to match an identity elsewhere.

What fingerprint? We don't send device OS, IP address, geolocation... Impossible to do fingerprint from only a device UUID that does not means anything.

Device UUID will still leak an usage pattern. For example, if an UUID is active in the morning and in the evening during the week but at random times during the weekend you can infer that they are working, their approximate working hours and the fact they are not working on weekends.

Just a simple example - I’m sure a data scientist can do a lot more magic given enough data.

Hum... and then?

Usage patterns can be unique enough to track the same user across different services, some of which may have the user’s PII and thus a link to the user’s identity.

Okay, good point. so maybe we should modify the created datetime of the event more or less 15minutes what do you think?

Could be a good idea to send events in batches, so the app collects event counters locally and only sends it in bulk every few days (exact interval being random). That way there’s no specific date/time associated to events, just that “for the past 3 days the app has been opened X times”.

Thanks for your help. I need to think more about it someone also mentioned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-anonymity

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