Methods of user identification in the information and telecommunication environment based on the analysis of account attributes

The relevance of the study is due to the problem of the growing number of unidentified persons who have committed crimes on the Internet and beyond. In this regard, the aim of the article is to demonstrate the means for personal identification by identifying users in the virtual space in order to convict them of criminal offence. The improvement of information technologies and the development of services in the information and telecommunications space provide an opportunity to analyze numerous data, including those left by users about themselves in social networks. Thus, the leading method to investigate the problem is the techniques to determine the similarity of alphanumeric objects created by users in the attributes of social network profiles. This article presents a possible algorithm of actions to deanonymize the identity of a criminal. The development and application of methods for identifying users in the virtual space will allow us to comprehensively consider the existing problem and accomplish one of the main tasks assigned to the internal affairs bodies and related to crime solving and charging perpetrators with a criminal offence. The materials of the article may be of practical value to the internal affairs bodies in the terms of enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of law enforcement activities.

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