Comment on Large-scale online deanonymization with LLMs
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It is absolutely possible to identify users who post a lot on a public forum with a real name (e.g. Facebook or the like) as well as Reddit. So say you have some politician who claims to have X, Y, Z values and a Reddit user who has A, B, and C values that are antonymous to X, Y, and Z. By comparing common phrases, as well as by charting when the two seemingly separate users are online, you could say with reasonable certainty that the two people are one and the same, especially if you prompt them carefully to say the kinds of things they would say about neutral topics on both accounts. It would be hard to get 100% certainty, but you’d be close enough to imply it’s them.
AIs (LLMs) just make it faster.
Don’t post about controversial politics if you also post under your real name. It’s not a matter of “mask yourself better.” There will always be tells.
LwL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve always acted assuming this to be possible, but it used to require either an unhinged individual or some other reason for a very dedicated investigation. The barrier being potentially that much lower is scary, particularly for anyone with a bit of internet fame that would rather stay anonymous