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this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2025
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Yeah, so this was always going to happen eventually, right? It's yet another reason you're not anonymous online unless you actually are.
Next stop, AI-powered doxxing.
And it's not like this is new, Redditmethis (and similar things) has been a thing for, oof, over a decade? Well before all of this AI stuff.
https://redditmetis.com/user/GallowBoob
^(If it doesn't load, enhanced tracking protection breaks it because it needs to cross-connect to reddit)^
Yes, doxxing has always been possible. When I think about how you could dox this account, though, it's not ways that would show up on a simple tool like that. An LLM might be able to piece together a chain of thought for it, though.
At this point I think the cat is out of the bag. The internet isn't private anymore. At the same time I question what happens if we start to self censor. On one hand I think it keeps a person safe, on the other hand I think it could just start to let authoritarian or fascists take a stronger hold when they're the loudest voices.
I mean, you can still be anonymous, but it's mildly technical and a lot of extra work.
Most people won't bother, though, you're right. And that's not great, although not different from before the internet, but then again a system like this is a lot cheaper than a human Stasi agent which is scary.