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this only really works because a lot of people post an unhinged amount of personally identifying information
a couple of examples:
ultimately no digital tools can replace good old OPSEC
There's long been easy ways to compile tidbits on a person from Reddit. Connecting it to other sources on the web in an automated way may be novel, but I'm skeptical about the accuracy claims. An AI telling you who someone could be is still a guess and if you can't prove it some other way, it remains a guess. The important part, I would say, is the possibility of surveillance efforts using this kind of thing to make their jobs easier to make connections on who is who, which is something they've probably already been doing for years.
It's all the more reason to be careful about what details you share about yourself and to never assume anonymity will protect you. Always be working to manage risk, never with a false belief that you can eliminate it entirely.
Statistical language analysis has been pretty great at this for a decade. Never post as clearnet "you." It's not a matter of "these 12 accounts are one," the issue is if one of them is linked to your real name or email or ID or payments. If the DoJ needs to even administrative subpoena three or more companies to deanonymize you, much less real judicial subpoena, you won't be an easy enough target to care about. Remember, other than rare outliers, evil correlates with laziness!
People are still deluded enough to think they can have an anonymous digital life?
Good thing I've deleted my previous two reddit accounts. And am planning to delete my current one as well
Would it also count deleted social media profiles? I've, since long, deleted every Meta profile, Reddit. I think I deleted Twitter back in like 2015. I might have an unused Tumblr somewhere lol oh, I think I might have an old LinkedIn, still. Yuck!
Imageboards are safe for now, I guess
Oh cool