Unmasking Anonymous Email Senders 204
alphadogg writes "Just because you send an email anonymously doesn't mean people can't figure out who you are anymore. A new technique developed by researchers at Concordia University in Quebec could be used to unmask would-be anonymous emailers by sniffing out patterns in their writing style from use of all lowercase letters to common typos. Their research, published in the journal Digital Investigation, describes techniques that could be used to serve up evidence in court, giving law enforcement more detailed information than a simple IP address can produce."
Finally, they can find that one guy (Score:5, Funny)
who always types part of the body of his message in the subject line.
This is why I cut & paste (Score:5, Funny)
Untraceable.
Re:Behavioral Profiling rediscovered (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Pretty print it first (Score:5, Funny)
"It's not a lie if _you_ believe it."
In totally unrelated news, my dick is a foot long.
Well I'd like to see that stand up in court.