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AI Can Now Easily Unmask Your Secret Online Life (Even If You Use a Fake Name) (itsfoss.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/1149497/ai-can-now-easily-unmask-your-secret-online-life-even-if-you-use-a-fake-name

New study shows smart chatbots can figure out who you really are from just a few posts... and it only costs a couple of dollars.

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, I looked at myself and one data broker that either I missed or hasn't honored my takedown request lists my political affiliation for a state where that's public info.

That's free info to scrape where available. No need to waste LLM subscriptions on it.