cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/1149497/ai-can-now-easily-unmask-your-secret-online-life-even-if-you-use-a-fake-name
New study shows smart chatbots can figure out who you really are from just a few posts… and it only costs a couple of dollars.
He uses YouTube, likely signed in. That means he has a Google account. That means Google likely has his information. Any service he’s signed with Google with has his information. So one of those companies sold his information. Could even be his phone provider.
I don’t think he has an account there either. He needs help doing anything on his phone.