On: Systemic traffic jams caused by small groups of dr...

[newman314]

Well since the researchers had to identify the culprits that were slowing down others, it's not truly anonymous.

See other's comments about de-anon.

I wonder how many of these "anonymous" drivers knew that their data was being used this way and would consent to doing so if they knew it.

EDIT: Enh? Why the downvotes? Please explain if you are going to do so.

[jeltz → newman314]

The research did not care about identifying the culprits more than by where their starts and destinations and at which times and speeds they travel. Knowing the identity is rather useless to the research.