Has AI Destroyed Privacy?

Probably. From The Register: LLMs killed the privacy star, we can't rewind, we've gone too far

Add privacy to the list of potential casualties caused by the proliferation of AI, because researchers have found that large language models (LLMs) can be used to deanonymize internet users – even those who use pseudonyms – more efficiently than human sleuths.

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The technique employed by the authors is not a universal privacy solvent – it's only successful some of the time. But it's successful often enough that those posting online under a pseudonymous account should not assume their identities will remain unknow

Probably enough that journalists or activists in questionable countries should be worried. And you can add United Kingdom to the list of countries that don't like freedom of speech.

Age verification schemes that being pushed in UK, Australia, and Europe are not about protecting children; they are about destroying privacy. The upcoming war on VPNs is about the same thing.