Comment by interroboink
3 years ago
This is one reason why I like legal doctrines such as "beyond a reasonable doubt." Even a 0.9 match in a tool like this could be a coincidence, if there are millions of users. But that won't stop people from casually believing "aha it must be an alt account", based on some anecdata.
It's so easy for something like this to be turned into a tool for a witch hunt, targeting innocents.
But a 0.8 or 0.9 match and something like Tor usage could be enough to justify a warrant. That's why I'm not sure I want to open source the code because I don't want to normalize this.
Keep in mind the potential to create false accusations by fabricating similar looking accounts.