True—automated identification and surveillance is increasing in power about as fast as everything else. I’m not sure how much of it is actually new, vs just available to far more people, and much cheaper.
I’d argue you can still be anonymous when you put effort into it—keep alternate accounts you use only on a no-logging VPN, and obfuscate your style (using LLMs). The shift is how much “automatic anonymity” there is in normal interactions—it used to be nobody would find or connect the dots between your accounts/posts/activity. Now it’s pretty easy for anyone interested to do so.
True—automated identification and surveillance is increasing in power about as fast as everything else. I’m not sure how much of it is actually new, vs just available to far more people, and much cheaper.
I’d argue you can still be anonymous when you put effort into it—keep alternate accounts you use only on a no-logging VPN, and obfuscate your style (using LLMs). The shift is how much “automatic anonymity” there is in normal interactions—it used to be nobody would find or connect the dots between your accounts/posts/activity. Now it’s pretty easy for anyone interested to do so.