scar (18.04.2008 02:04): > not exactly sure how to articulate this, but i'll do my best. > > assume there is a global adversary trying to track down an anonymous > Tor-user by using syntax analysis. that is to say, gathering sets of > sentences or paragraphs from e-mails or forums, etc. and then > recognizing similarities in the syntax (that is, the way the sentence or > paragraph is written) in order group anonymous text with non-anonymous > text and ultimately reveal the identity of an anonymous user, based on > the way they write, basically. the field of psycholinguistics would > probably be a good resource for this type of analysis. > > i hope that's clear enough. so, Tor can help defeat network traffic > analysis. now, how can the anonymous user (or, more accurately, > talker/writer/blogger) mitigate or defeat this syntax analysis? are > there any scholarly papers or websites with this information, or at > least talking more about syntax analysis (perhaps there is a more proper > technical term)? for example, i think one rule would be to always use > proper capitalization and punctuation, something i never do in my > non-anonymous writing. ;)
One way is to use machine translators: translate your English text to another language, and then back to English. Sure this will eliminate most language patterns (and in some cases even the meaning of your text :-). -- SATtva | security & privacy consulting www.vladmiller.info | www.pgpru.com
