What happens when AI can identify closeted people from public data?
PierceLilholt · x · 2026-10-29
A pointed question circulating on X: what happens when AI can identify closeted people from public data?
It highlights a real privacy risk of the AI era — models inferring deeply sensitive personal attributes from seemingly innocuous public information, enabling harassment or extortion with few existing safeguards.
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