Can Anonymous Posters on Medical Forums be Reidentified?

Victoria Bobicev   ¹ , PhD ;   Marina Sokolova   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Khaled El Emam   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Yasser Jafer   ³ , MAS ;   Brian Dewar   ⁴ , MLIS ;   Elizabeth Jonker   ² , BA(Hons) ;   Stan Matwin   ³ , PhD

¹ Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova, Republic of

² CHEO Research Institute, Inc, Ottawa, ON, Canada

³ University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁴ Privacy Analytics, Inc, Ottawa, ON, Canada