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April 20, 2018

Singularity flaw in double-hashing scheme for privacy-preserving record linkage

by Wilko Henecka

The double-hashing scheme, commonly used for privacy-preserving record linkage, has a singularity flaw which affects both the accuracy of the linkage, and the security of the hashed information.