Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum Posts
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Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum Posts
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Re: Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum Posts
#2Wait, what? EMJR quoted ChatGPT for a legal opinion on the study? Over a subtle legal question? That's both hilarious and disturbing.
Re: Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum Posts
#3Wait, what? EMJR quoted ChatGPT for a legal opinion on the study? Over a subtle legal question? That's both hilarious and disturbing.
It's at best parroting a the most common layman beliefs, which may not agree with the law. That stood out to me too. Now I want to read about what dumb thing the site did to even make this possible. Ods should have been random, not hashes of pii
Re: Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum Posts
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#5Wait, what? EMJR quoted ChatGPT for a legal opinion on the study? Over a subtle legal question? That's both hilarious and disturbing.
It's at best parroting a the most common layman beliefs, which may not agree with the law. That stood out to me too. Now I want to read about what dumb thing the site did to even make this possible. Ods should have been random, not hashes of pii
I can see why this would seem to be a clever way to implement passwordless sticky pseudonymous usernames, but it is indeed quite stupid.
Re: Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum Posts
#6Since when trying to dox people is called academic "research"?
Re: Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum Posts
#7Since when trying to dox people is called academic "research"?
They call it "A study into toxicity". I call it gonzo research.
Re: Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum Posts
#8The paper: https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/files/2023-07/e...
Username = hex(sha1(topic_id + ip))[10-14]
Notably, no salt used
Re: Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum Posts
#9"found" aka ran 3 quadrillion hashes on an A100 to crack the IPs
Re: Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum Posts
#10this is rly awful "research". ederer prob got bullied on there and got mad, cause he has a reputation as a bitch.
more importantly, ejmr has been important in uncovering multiple cases of research fraud (including one of the literal damn authors, this is some vindictive ass bs) and is the best source for actual unfiltered info on opinions of econ departments. includes important info like info abt people's political biases, potential toxic departmental cultures (or rather, which are more or less toxic, this being econ), and even info on sexual harassment allegations that depts would rather cover up. chilling effect of stripping anonymity is awful.