AI could end online anonymity

by daoboyon 3/5/2026, 11:14 AMwith 1 comments

by daoboyon 3/5/2026, 11:18 AM

"The researchers tested their framework on nearly 1,000 LinkedIn profiles to see if it could match them to accounts on Hacker News. These were profiles where the real-world identity was known to the team, who removed names, links, and other obvious identifiers from the bios.

The AI-powered framework successfully linked accounts with up to 67% accuracy at 90% precision, whereas the best non-AI methods struggled to succeed."