AI-powered OSINT tool profiles YouTube users, raising privacy concerns

An OSINT platform, Lolarchiver, offers AI-powered tools that can rapidly profile YouTube commenters based on their activity, raising major privacy and legal concerns.

An open-source intelligence (OSINT) service claims it can generate detailed profiles on YouTube users based solely on their comment activity.

The tool, part of the “YouTube Tools” suite by pseudonymous developer Lolarchiver, allows users to run a series of AI-powered checks on any YouTube commenter. The tool’s webpage was recently altered to display only the administrator’s email address, presumably in response to increased media attention.

According to a May 28 report by tech outlet 404 Media, the tool can produce reports within seconds that include inferred data such as a user’s geographic location and potential political or cultural leanings.

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