I noticed the other day that the majority of the content on [email protected] are made by accounts that are deleted after making some posts. Most often no comments are made by these burner accounts, but sometimes they will create a new separate account to respond to comments.

Is there any real privacy benefits for this over something like having a single separate account you post only images and no text posts?

Is there a tool that facilities creating short-term accounts like this?

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    4 days ago

    Sure, but that’s based on text posts. If all you do is post images, would there really be anything to track?

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      4 days ago

      If it’s actual art (digital or no), yes. Each person is distinct even if they are faking someone else. With enough data, a profile can be built. It’s how the real artist behind fake original paintings can be Identified.

      People are just really bad at random, and are not precise enough to physically copy someone else.

      Digital copies are another matter, but might still be traceable with a large enough dataset.