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Only if said users happen to commit OPSEC failures themselves. LLMs aren't magic... If someone can figure out who I am or what city I live in just by this username or my comments (with proof), I'll personally send you 500,000 JPY. I'm quite confident that's not going to happen though. The paper referenced in the article does not even explain their exact testing methodology (such as the tools or exact prompts used) be…
LLM as the sickness and the cure...
So tell an LLM what you would like the post to say, and then post the output? LLM as the sickness and the cure...
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My understanding is that the GDPR “right to be forgotten” applies to personal data. Are publicly available comments considered personal data?
From ico.org.uk: “ It is important to note that opinions and inferences are also personal data, maybe special category data, if they directly or indirectly relate to that individual” From gdpr-info.eu: “ Subjective information such as opinions, judgements or estimates can be personal data.” So yes. HN is in violation of the GDPR. I had already filed a complaint about this policy at my local GDPR authority.
Should I like, just as Claude Code to come up with this idea this weekend?
I thought this would be more about stylometry but it's mostly about users literally posting the same identifiable information across multiple services, including in one example their age, dog name, profession. It's all classic dox profiling techniques. Even the things like spelling differences being regional signals and commonality to specific things being discussed. It's why one has to think about what is being post…
I’m curious if an LLM-based defense for this could be made. Like a browser plugin that warns you if you type identifiable information (like occupation) into a text field, and highlights turns of phrase that are “unusual” enough to be identifiable.
As a 32 year old Ghanaian woman living in Luang Prabang and studying as an ophthalmologist, this gives me some food for thought!
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From ico.org.uk: “ It is important to note that opinions and inferences are also personal data, maybe special category data, if they directly or indirectly relate to that individual” From gdpr-info.eu: “ Subjective information such as opinions, judgements or estimates can be personal data.” So yes. HN is in violation of the GDPR. I had already filed a complaint about this policy at my local GDPR authority.
If you are posting public comments, then these comments are available publicly... like, what did you expect!?
Under article 17 of the GDPR, EU citizens have the right to be forgotten, in which case this data needs to be deleted.
I can already see palantir as the new man in the middle. Telling services: this guy with the same IP just posted xxx on yyy