#de-anonymization

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Privacy technologies
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

AI allows hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, study finds

Large language models enable malicious actors to efficiently de-anonymize social media users by matching anonymous accounts to real identities using publicly available information.
Information security
fromEmptywheel
1 month ago

"Tor Stinks" ... because It Requires Manual (Digital) Tails

Tor resists systematic de-anonymization; NSA can de-anonymize only a very small fraction manually and cannot reliably combine Tor attacks with passive SIGINT.
Medicine
fromFortune
6 months ago

Philadelphia's famously spooky Mutter Museum redraws policies around displaying its 6,500 human remains

A Philadelphia medical museum restricts photography, limits acquiring remains, and seeks to de-anonymize and ethically display 6,500 human specimens.
fromBitcoin Magazine
8 months ago

How CoinJoins Achieve Anonymity In A Crowd

Anonymity is the end goal when studying privacy, and de-anonymization is likened to a guessing game where an adversary attempts to identify individuals from a set of candidates.
Privacy professionals
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