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A usernames -> hashed ip table would be enough to doxx anyone that accessed both burners and pseudonymous accounts from the same computer.
by el_nahual 3y ago
A usernames -> hashed ip table would be enough to doxx anyone that accessed both burners and pseudonymous accounts from the same computer.
- 100721 3y agoI understand what you're trying to say. However, this is not technically correct, and people who are not technically inclined may believe this to be correct. The truth is that you can use the same computer across many different networks, or even on the same network with a refreshed dynamic IP address, and such a table wouldn't allow the cross referencing you're suggesting. For a username -> ip address table to provide this functionality, the users would need to access the site from the same IP address, not the same computer. It's worth noting that the table would become polluted by things like public wifi, shared home internet, VPNs, etc. as well
- heavenlyblue 3y agoThere will be enough accounts where that statement would be true though.
- SnorkelTan 3y agoThere was a link posted a while ago on hn: https://stylometry.net/ https://stylometry.net/ Methods like stylometry make ip correlation largely unnecessary for finding alts.
- el_nahual 3y agoThere's lots of alts that don't post any text (esp nsfw alts, which I assume is where most of the "dirt" will be).