{"ID":2880807,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15840","arxiv_id":"2508.15840","title":"Unveiling Unicode's Unseen Underpinnings in Undermining Authorship Attribution","abstract":"When using a public communication channel--whether formal or informal, such as commenting or posting on social media--end users have no expectation of privacy: they compose a message and broadcast it for the world to see. Even if an end user takes utmost precautions to anonymize their online presence--using an alias or pseudonym; masking their IP address; spoofing their geolocation; concealing their operating system and user agent; deploying encryption; registering with a disposable phone number or email; disabling non-essential settings; revoking permissions; and blocking cookies and fingerprinting--one obvious element still lingers: the message itself. Assuming they avoid lapses in judgment or accidental self-exposure, there should be little evidence to validate their actual identity, right? Wrong. The content of their message--necessarily open for public consumption--exposes an attack vector: stylometric analysis, or author profiling. In this paper, we dissect the technique of stylometry, discuss an antithetical counter-strategy in adversarial stylometry, and devise enhancements through Unicode steganography.","short_abstract":"When using a public communication channel--whether formal or informal, such as commenting or posting on social media--end users have no expectation of privacy: they compose a message and broadcast it for the world to see. Even if an end user takes utmost precautions to anonymize their online presence--using an alias or...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15840","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.15840v6","authors":"[\"Robert Dilworth\"]","published":"2025-08-19T17:34:25Z","proceeding":"cs.CR","tasks":"[\"cs.CR\",\"cs.CL\",\"cs.IR\"]","methods":"[\"Generative Adversarial Network\"]","has_code":false}