[LINK] Six degrees of separation a possibility: researchers

Brendan Scott brendansweb at optusnet.com.au
Sun Aug 3 17:04:01 AEST 2008


> Six degrees of separation a possibility: researchers 
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/03/2322619.htm?section=justin
> 
> 
> The company analysed the senders and recipients of 30 billion instant
> messages over a month.
> 
> They established that any two strangers could be linked by an average
> string of 6.6 relationships.

How could this be done without invading the privacy of the senders and recipients?





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