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An anonymizer is a tool that de-identifies or masks data/event unidentifiable. It could be a proxy server that acts as a shield between internet and the local network or it can be a tool that consumes data from the source and modifies it into a untraceable data into the destination(like removal of sensitive/protected information).

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ARX Data Anonymization Tool - SQL Server connection and anonymization

I am trying to make ARX connect to a SQL Server database with hostname\instance and Windows auth. ARX keeps reporting "Unknown server host name". I need input for what ARX expects in "Server" when there is also an instance name. The reason for…
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Anonymize data uploaded by user, but should remain available to the user

I'm building a website where the users can upload some data regarding their job activities into an MSSQL database. The data is not considered sensitive information as such but it is preferred if the user performing the activity is anonymized. I'm…
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Anonymization / Data masking for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Is there any tools working with Azure Database for PostgreSQL doing Anonymization and/or doing Data Masking ? Is there a better way that this workflow : 1- Copy production DB (from Azure Database for PostgreSQL) via pg_dump, 2- Create Docker image…
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How to build an anonymouse.org clone on Google App Engine?

I like the simplicity of anonymouse.org but would like to build a free version running on Google App Engine. What would be required to do so? Is it complicated to completely hide someone's location?
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Sharing partitioning logic across polyglot producers with Kafka

We are building an event sourced system at my company, relying on Kafka. In order to be GDPR compliant, we need to be able to update the events. Our idea is to use the compaction and tombstone capabilities. This means that we cannot use the default…
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Replace all upper case characters with 'X' and all lower case characters with 'x' whilst keeping any spaces or symbols the same

I am trying to create a code where I substitute an input string into an 'anonymous' code. I would like to replace all upper case characters with 'X' and all lower case characters with 'x' whilst keeping any spaces or symbols the same. I understand…
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Text Anonymization in context of Record Linkage

I have two data sets that I need to link together, in the sense that I have to find the records that appear in both data sets within a certain margin of error (for example, a person's first name is misspelled in one of the sets, a person moved,…
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R - looping through data.frames in a list - modify characters of column (list element)

I have a couple of thousand *.csv files (all with a unique name) but the header - columns are equal in the files - like "Timestamp", "System_Name", "CPU_ID", etc... My question is how can I either replace the "System_Name" (which is a system name…
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EvilDicom Image Corrupted

I'm trying to use the library to anonymize a dicom image. In some cases it works fine, but in other cases the final image is corrupted. I mean, the pixels of the image are wrong and also the FileMetaInformationGroupLength tag of final image has…
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After restore live data into testing data base, for data security of my live data how can I sanitize data in test data base in PostgreSQL

I am using PostgreSQL. After restore the live data into testing database, my aim is in testing data base restored data should be sanitized to remove sensitive information but still representative of current data distributions.
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Replacing strings in file, using patterns from another file

I need to replace many strings in many files using another file with patterns (like a database of strings). It is for anonymizing files. Example: File #1: "Administrator";"512";"Built-in account for administering the…
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Anonymize of a mysql database

For testing purposes I want to anonymize our MySql database. For example we have the next table: id | first_name | last_name 54782 | John | Holloway 54824 | Glen | Summers 67782 | Jessie | Hunter We want to…
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Workflow to anonymise / mask data in production database from devs

Our production database contains confidential information, that we dont want our developers to see. Is there a normal workflow to get around this confidentially issue, without majorly impacting on the developers workflows / ability to trouble…
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Fake Name Data to MySQL Query

I have a database that contains some confidential personal information. For data analysis purposes, I'd like to send that data out to some people. However, the anonymity of the data needs to be maintained. Is there a way for me to generate fake…
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How to enable postgresql-anonymizer for cloudsql

Google Cloud notes that the postgresql_anonymizer extension can be loaded by switching the cloudsql.enable-on flag to on. However, when running anon commands (e.g trying to initialize the extension with SELECT anon.init();) on the database I'm told…
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