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What I was missing was --group rootgroup=root in addition to --owner rootowner=root.
--group rootgroup=root
--owner rootowner=root
tar -c --{owner root --,group root data}=root
(possibly with an optional --numeric-owner) fully anonymizes the archive.
--numeric-owner
What I was missing was --group root in addition to --owner root.
--group root
--owner root
tar -c --owner root --group root data
What I was missing was --group=root in addition to --owner=root.
--group=root
--owner=root
tar -c --{owner,group}=root