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Compartmentalizing Identity While Sharing Identical Info

Nobody special · 2024-12-15 05:10
I was confused as to where to make this thread but here we go. For introduction I am enrolled in a Graduate studies in Biotechnology and naturally I like to share information regarding it, to people regardless of their background. I like to teach and share stuffs that some might consider to be info hazard. The problem is I have been doxed due to my laziness. Although the dust has settled, I am reluctant to touch the mines from the past (reference to a thread here). Naturally the stuff I share are inline with my academic life which is unfortunately online and it has to be online if I want to do anything in it. I want some advice regarding how to essentially not let my online life like blogs, articles etc. bump onto the my real identity. I am aware of Operational Security guides but my concern is how do I not mess it up? Cause the topic I will be discussing will be the same regardless of the identity I take on. >the prompt keep saying I am trying to advertise adult sites? wtf?
Debbie Charteris · 2024-12-15 05:21
>>25531 I wasn't allowed to post this image just in case if anyone is wondering how did I bypass the prompt https://files.catbox.moe/c5kcmu.png
Molly Millions · 2024-12-15 06:04
I doubt this is really possible. As a graduate student, you are in possession of a set of skills and interests which are themselves probably unique in your field (at least if you are in a research program where the expectation is you will produce and publish an original contribution to your field). It is your interests themselves that uniquely identify you. The advice would be to stay well away from the most individualized aspects of your knowledge, and stick to the more generally known in your pseudonymous contributions.
Unspecified · 2024-12-15 07:51
>>25531 I think the obvious mistake you will make is talking about your own research niche, or incorperating implicit knowledge of it in your answers. A set of rules like not publishing on your actual area of expertise might help. I imagine the cost of getting cost is somewhat medium rather than high in that information about BIOtech isn't really illegal to publish, but might get you an angry visit from the government asking you to stop.
John Doe · 2024-12-15 19:26
No matter how long my comment will be, it won't even come close to the book that I've linked
Turner · 2024-12-15 22:43
>>25533 >>25534 Yes that's true after a certain time it will be unique irrespective of identity. I am mostly fine with others knowing my name, face etc. just not my location which unfortunately has been leaked by me but thankfully I am moving soon. >>25536 Woah, thanks! I will read it. Although I think I have essentially solved 90% of my issue by finally having decided to change place. Guess cannot be done anything regarding angry government people knocking on my door but that's acceptable as long as there's no wild monkeys behind it.
Mitnick · 2024-12-16 07:23
>>25531 It's impossible if you associate it with any form of identity, any pseudonym you adopt and use for sufficiently long periods of time to say anything will eventually have enough cumulative postings to be linked back to you. You can either contribute your knowledge totally anonymously (ie. imageboards and the like) or adopt a myriad of pseudonymns and only utilize each for a hyper specific contribution, so one pseudonym per piece of information or series of information that you then ditch after a series of posts or what have you is finished. For a blog I would recommend at least giving the impression that there are multiple contributors and using different pseudonymns for different topics, and having a system set up to facilitate user contributions to the blog, even if in reality it is never used. At some point this could be found out depending on how aggravating or controversial the subject matter is but it would in theory give at least some of the benefits of "true" anonymity that would get from imageboards (of course depending on how you post here you're not anonymous on a technical level, the imageboard maintainers and anybody who gains access to the server can associate your posts with an IP, etc) and some of the benefits of having the authority of a known source.
Neo · 2024-12-16 10:56
>>25531 Hi OP, the other guys have already given you some pretty good advice. You might want to consider using anti-stylometry on things you write. It isn't a silver bullet, the concerns ITT persist, but it is another concern. I am interested in some biotech stuff. If you want to increase your anonymity set you can selectively help me imitate your interests, direct me to books on libgen that you think are good. (although you can't get too specific on a public forum like this without defeating the point, it is a start) Right now I am reading a book about engineered crops from springer. I am interested in quasispecies theory of viruses. I am also looking into statistical physics and dynamical systems. >>25537 At junctions in life, like location/vehicle changes, there are opportunities to make yourself harder to find. "What it takes to disappear" by Michael Bazzell might have some good stuff IIRC about keeping your name out of private databases.
Leto Atreides I · 2024-12-16 21:02
I can't comprehend it, why is a pseudonym necessary? Why can't you just make a random account, post it on some forum and then proceed to send it to archived libraries? Dread and lambdaplusjs can be accessed without any JS so that's a good starting point (lainchan too but we're already here) I'm not sure what's your current opsec but if you posted this un-anonymously then I recommend not sharing them at all if you really plan on not getting caught I've dropped my public PGP key if you want to contact me any further, or perhaps if you want me to share them around a bit like >>25539 said Either way, goodluck!