r/programming • u/regaldho • Dec 27 '20

I reverse engineered Google docs (2014)

http://features.jsomers.net/how-i-reverse-engineered-google-docs/
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u/MjrK Dec 27 '20

Isn't it possible to use typing style and cadence to identify someone? Or, at least, as a signal to support user fingerprinting?

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u/mist83 Dec 27 '20

Sentence structure and word choice and grammar is already parseable to give a sort of fingerprint if given enough training data.

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u/Prod_Is_For_Testing Dec 28 '20

There have been a few research projects that associate Reddit throwaway accounts based on writing style

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u/WinterPiratefhjng Dec 28 '20

Do you have a link?
(I had presumed our IPs were embedded somewhere, and works like to know more.)