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Bradshaw3

(7,513 posts) Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:57 PM Sep 2018

Stylometry could tell us who the op-ed author is [View all]

Assuming the author has some public previous docs out there to work with for comparison. Lots of tools out there to determine authorship and people who know how to use them.

http://www.aicbt.com/authorship-attribution/online-software/

Not that this WH would be smart enough to do it. But I do think we will know sooner rather than later.

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Stylometry could tell us who the op-ed author is [View all] Bradshaw3 Sep 2018 OP

We should leave it alone. Turbineguy Sep 2018 #1

Cool, dude Bradshaw3 Sep 2018 #2

Jeff Sessions?! kentuck Sep 2018 #3

One guess is as good as another Bradshaw3 Sep 2018 #4

There's software that can defeat stylometry Kaleva Sep 2018 #5

The author may very well have not used software Bradshaw3 Sep 2018 #6

True. Many don't know that one's writting style can expose them. Kaleva Sep 2018 #10

We had the same idea... a_data_scientist Sep 2018 #7

Welcome to DU nolabear Sep 2018 #8

Wow, thanks Bradshaw3 Sep 2018 #9