So there are lots of ways to figure out who people are, and I am sure I dont know all of them, but I bet I know some you dont.
Lets put together a list of known ones. Ill start.
(If we dont get a big list, which we may not, for bonus points add techniques to ease drop/intercept information)
fingerprinting techniques
- browser (duh)
- encrypted network traffic analysis, see mullvad link here https://mullvad.net/en/vpn/daita
- stylometry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylometry
https://youtu.be/dTMaXVTtOdw
This is a pretty interesting video that shows how using leaked personal data like emails and passwords can be used to track down a specific person even when they’re trying to hide themselves online.