Ask HN: Are there any successors to Anonymouth on the horizon?

2 points by x1798DE 9y ago ↗ HN

I'm often worried that I'm extremely identifiable by stylometric analysis. A few years back, I remember hearing about Anonymouth (https://psal.cs.drexel.edu/index.php/JStylo-Anonymouth) for defeating stylometry, but last I looked, it wasn't super easy to use and it doesn't seem to be maintained (https://github.com/psal/anonymouth last commit in October 2013). Anyone know of anything that's looking to take up the torch? A browser extension would be amazing.

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BuuQu9hu 9y ago ↗

I think it would be a good idea for you to start using it and send pull requests for any issues you find.

x1798DE 9y ago ↗

I don't really know anything about stylometry or about writing chrome extensions, nor am I super comfortable in Java (plus I have many other things to do on my plate before this). If I were to do anything, I'd probably have to fully re-implement it, so I was hoping that someone interested, motivated and able had already taken up the cause.

schoen 9y ago ↗

It would probably be good to ask Rachel Greenstadt, the head of the lab that produced this project and does lots of stylometry research. She'll know about everything going on in the field; you can find her e-mail address on the page you linked to!