And this makes it obvious why you should use a unique username everywhere! It makes pervasive tracking a lot harder. Also when you do any research on health related topics, be extra privacy conscious.
Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks
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#82And this makes it obvious why you should use a unique username everywhere! It makes pervasive tracking a lot harder. Also when you do any research on health related topics, be extra privacy conscious.
>And this makes it obvious why you should use a unique username everywhere! Actually I was disappointed by the post, I was hoping it will be able to find the same person regardless of the username through analyzing the writing style, what they are talking about, the timezone etc. The username doesn't prove anything, anybody can take any username anywhere. If someone targets you, they can take usernames on platforms y…
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#83Re: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Clean up the online footprint for someone that hires you to do so before they run for office. I don't remember every single web site I've every signed up for going back to when I started using the Internet, and neither can you.
Internet Archive likely renders that point moot, no? There a plenty of sites that index tweets outside of Twitter for example... at least there used to be
Re: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks
#85Why is this not a website but I have to install something?
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#86For people who want to have a professional social presence (FB/linkedin) as well as an anonymous one (Reddit etc), it’ll be super useful to see if the accounts are truly unlinkable. Moreover if you are opening a new anonymous account, maybe a good idea to search the new username using this tool to make sure it’s not “taken”
Until some ML process is learned to give a probability that accounts are the same based on writing styles Staying anonymous is very difficult
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#87Tools like these insult the users' intelligence and generate needless drama[1] the only data needed are the urls from https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/blob/master/she...
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1at9br4/i_am_new_to...
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is why I try to use the same name across websites. I want to be identified as the same person. Just resist the urge to post information you don't want others to have.
The secret is multiple accounts. I too have a Brand Name Account(tm) I like to float around but it sure as heck isn’t this one. Doing the multiple account thing isn’t as easy as it sounds though. Some sites like Reddit make switching between accounts incredibly easy while others aren’t so much. Plus laziness kicks in and soon enough your Brand Name Account gets tainted and you have to consider taking it out back to t…
And it's as easy to dox yourself by responding with the wrong account, as I have seen multiple times on Reddit.
Re: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks
#89For people who want to have a professional social presence (FB/linkedin) as well as an anonymous one (Reddit etc), it’ll be super useful to see if the accounts are truly unlinkable. Moreover if you are opening a new anonymous account, maybe a good idea to search the new username using this tool to make sure it’s not “taken”
Until some ML process is learned to give a probability that accounts are the same based on writing styles Staying anonymous is very difficult
For example, on YouTube I use twitch slang, and on Reddit I use TikTok slang, and on TikTok I use reddit slang. On hackernews a use a slightly whimsical pedantically-infused undergrad tone.
Re: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks
#90And this makes it obvious why you should use a unique username everywhere! It makes pervasive tracking a lot harder. Also when you do any research on health related topics, be extra privacy conscious.