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Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from thousands of sites

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Re: Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from thousands of sites

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That makes no sense. They could just make stuff up, it wouldn't be any more or less believable.

Have you ever been part of a civil lawsuit? The lawyers will absolutely lie through their teeth to make their cases. They will introducw any “evidence” that they think will help them. Would you really trust a jury or a judge to understand and believe that this report is not accurate? Having been through the process, let me tell you straight up: you should not put your faith in the justice system.

Not sure where the rant about the justice system came from. You are making my point — people willing to lie through their teeth can just make up any report they like, the existence or accuracy of Maigret changes nothing.

Re: Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from thousands of sites

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This works pretty well but it's pretty basic. It doesn't for example list all HN comments and ascertain interests etc from there. Just the account info.

It's nice for an initial scan of a target but I expected a more comprehensive report. It's a good start but it could use a lot more.

Re: Maigret: Collect a dossier on a person by username from thousands of sites

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This also seems like a useful tool for hunting down sockpuppet and nation-state sponsored astroturfing campaigns.

No, this finds accounts that want to be found. Sockpuppets wouldn't use the same username.

Which could be one thing that identifies them!
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