New study shows smart chatbots can figure out who you really are from just a few posts... and it only costs a couple of dollars.
  • leadore@lemmy.world
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    2 个月前

    They’re kind of vague about it but it sounds to me like you’d have to have some stuff posted online under your real name for it to find and match to. So if you’ve only ever posted things under various pseudonyms in social media, etc. it could match those up to each other, but not to your real identity.

  • UnknowableNight@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 个月前

    The article barely mentions this, and I haven’t seen comments here mentioning it, but a huge factor in determining identities is one’s writing style. In fact, analyzing the way people speak and write is its own science (linguistic forensics) and is also used by law enforcement (though can realistically be done by anyone with OSINT and basic understanding of individual linguistic patterns.) Dead giveaways are especially if you consistently misspell a certain word or use a certain emoticon or uncommon phrase or word, it’s like a linguistic footprint. If Andy123 on Reddit and XxwhateverxX both spell appearance as appearence and both say booyah and both spell :) as (:, then it is much easier to tell that they may be the same person. This is something that you must be aware of, as well as giving out personal information like country of origin, amount of pets, place of work, etc.

    • Jentu@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 个月前

      If I ever write a manifesto, I’m running it through a jar jar binks and UWU filter first

    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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      2 个月前

      There was a dude on reddit that bigot watch kept nailing because of that.

      Dude used the same patterns and words, thinking that switching user names would matter.

    • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works
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      2 个月前

      Excellent point.

      For very long, I have thought vocabulary alone would be enough footprint to ID someone. If you had enough sample of their writing ofc. It’s like browser fingerprints. The words you use, and how often you use them, is a fingerprint. As UnknowableNight points out, some patterns are very unique, nearly enough alone. Yet even without those, you have enough signals. Sentence length. Whether you spell colour or color. Regional expressions. Word use frequency. Whether you bring in vocabulary used mostly in a certain profession, like medicine or law. Whether you use more paragraphs or more single liners. None alone are enough. All together, with the 100 other ones smart people can figure out? Probably enough.

      Long ago it would be too much effort, only good for targeted cases. Today? Maybe you can do it dragnet, seeking to ID every person who writes online.

      I do not know if that happens today. Yet I do not see anything to stop it.

    • Jay🚩@lemmy.ml
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      2 个月前

      But I use ai to write everything online 😀 how will they identify then? 😂

      • rmrf@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 个月前

        If you run it locally this would be fine. Mathematically the result would be more like a hash of your writing style; still unique but difficult to determine the origin, y’know?

  • RamenJunkie@midwest.socialEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Despite that I have been Ramen Junkie online for over half my life, ChatGPT still sees the dude who owns the ramen noodle shop in New York first, so sucks to be him I guess.

  • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Wasn’t this the plot of South Park episode where Kyle’s dad was exposed to be a shitposter on an alt account. Life imitates art.

  • rogsson@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 个月前

    My name is fuck-ai and my favorite food is fried ai which is also the national dish of fuck-ai-ville where I currently live

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
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    2 个月前

    Read and spot clues: The AI looks at your posts and pulls out little hints about you. Things you that are part of your personality. Like it can see that this person talks a lot about coding games in Python, loves Marvel movies, complains about school in Seattle, and types with a certain style.

    I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I like to jet ski. I like to jet ski. I like to jet ski. I like to jet ski. I have a pet snake named Snack. I have a pet snake named Snack. I have a pet snake named Snack.

    • MNByChoice@midwest.social
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      2 个月前

      I also live in Florida and love to jet ski. It was great seeing you in person last Saturday. Wow, what a day.

      Who else was there? Must have been many of us. Just jet skiing in Florida.

    • ジン@quokk.auEnglish
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      2 个月前

      **this person tries to avoid tracking by poisoning data set with obviously false info**

      this is how to get put on the especially watchlist

    • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
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      2 个月前

      I live in Florida. I live in Florida.I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I live in Florida. I like to jet ski. I like to jet ski. I like to jet ski. I like to jet ski. I have a pet snake named Snack. I have a pet snake named Snack. I have a pet snake named Snack.

  • TiredTiger@lemmy.ml
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    2 个月前

    The best way to remain anonymous is to be somebody else on the internet, ideally many somebodies. Also, don’t use social media or if you must, don’t set it to “public”. So much of this “OSINT” bullshit is just googling to find public social media profiles.

  • zikzak025@lemmy.world
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    2 个月前

    This is why it’s important to seed your online activity with deliberate false identifiers. That way, no one with bad intentions will learn that I work for the ICE office in Santa Fe, and always attend church every Sunday (when football isn’t on, of course).

    • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
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      2 个月前

      I can’t take it anymore. I am tired of all the countermeasures, and see how my attempts to avoid the AI overlords have always been fragile. The only escape now is honesty.

      • My name is Dan Smith
      • I live in Maine
      • I eat recycled dog farts for breakfast
    • orc girly@lemmy.ml
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      2 个月前

      Same bestie, I work for ICE in Santa Fe too and I’m a devout Christian and a mother of 6 😌

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 个月前

      it wish that there was a privacy possum like app that pretended to be you to sign up for things that you never touch, look at or visit.