even a relatively simple stylometric tool was able to identify many people’s HN “alt” accounts, and this kind of highly scalable automated analysis will likely improve a lot over time.
True, but there may still be some value in deniability. Even if a tool says that accounts “Viliam” and “creepypenguin2020″ are the same person with probability 98%, a company might hesitate to fire me over the latter (because of a possible legal risk), if I insist that it is not my account.
True, but there may still be some value in deniability. Even if a tool says that accounts “Viliam” and “creepypenguin2020″ are the same person with probability 98%, a company might hesitate to fire me over the latter (because of a possible legal risk), if I insist that it is not my account.