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by axus 981 days ago
I'm amazed that the "alt-detection" problem from multiplayer games has become a business problem. I guess the US gov has been doing this for decades for security clearances, is there a commercial equivalent that works internationally?

And there's still the "man-in-the-middle" problem.

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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management data breach in 2015 exposed the personnel files of anyone who had applied for a job with the U.S. federal government. It was blamed on China, and it may have been, but that isn't to say they didn't sell or trade the data to N.K. That data would be extremely useful in building fake profiles that pass inspection, as bundled with LinkedIn data it would show what profile ingredients get people hired.