Comments on: Six degrees of Kevin Bacon? Microsoft finds 6.6 in massive data bank

We're 6.6 degrees away from anyone else on the planet. This is power. It could also mean money.

[alegr]

This data was anonymized.

[The_Decider]

Prove that it was anonymized. No one but those directly involved know for sure, and if it wasn't you can bet your house they are locked up in such a tight non-disclosure agreement that they wouldn't dare tell the world otherwise. Were conversations that divulged personal information made anonymous? Not likely given the massive amounts of data involved.

MS has zero credibility and zero trust among thinking individuals.

The real story isn't how someone can use this massive potential breach of security to make money, although it doesn't surprise me that a businessman would think of this first. The real story is the massive potential violation of privacy of this project. Way to drop the ball!

[rob_bond]

"Researchers at Microsoft studied records of 30 billion electronic conversations among 180 million people in various countries". This is the credibility of the research. Please remember there are far more contacts not through electronic conversations or Microsoft solutions.