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Perhaps OP is referring to traking based on the coding? I.E. if you had all the code repos from an individual and ran some sort of pattern reconition software t
by justanotherhn 7y ago
Perhaps OP is referring to traking based on the coding? I.E. if you had all the code repos from an individual and ran some sort of pattern reconition software to cross refrence thigs like folder structure, layout of the code, frequency and time of uploads, function & variable naming techniques, etc. This reminds me of a technique called eBiomentrics[0]
[0] https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/keystroke-dynamics-what-is-it-be396a263bf2 https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/keystroke-dynamics-wha...
- Fnoord 7y agoYes that is what I was referring to. I forgot the exact name for it. It is akin to (hand)writing analysis, but for code.
- justanotherhn 7y agoCertainly an interesting idea, I suppose most of the things I listed can in fact be mitigated quite easily. Compilers and obfuscators exist even now that would totally destroy most distinguishable patterns. If anyone knows any case studies on this, please drop a link here.
- aspenmayer 7y agohttps://psal.cs.drexel.edu/index.php/JStylo-Anonymouth https://psal.cs.drexel.edu/index.php/JStylo-Anonymouth Edit: The main page of above site has a lot more publications referenced. Worth a look. https://psal.cs.drexel.edu/index.php/Main_Page https://psal.cs.drexel.edu/index.php/Main_Page https://evllabs.com/ https://evllabs.com/
- wakkaflokka 7y agoStylometry but for code.
- duxup 7y agoMy comment misspellings would give me away in a heartbeat.