TITLE:
Anonymity in the Age of AI
AUTHORS:
Parisasadat Shojaei, Nabi Zameni, Rezza Moieni
KEYWORDS:
Anonymity, Privacy-Enhancing Technologies, Differential Privacy, Federated Learning, Homomorphic Encryption, GDPR, Re-Identification, AI Privacy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.13 No.8,
August
5,
2025
ABSTRACT: Artificial intelligence (AI) is eroding traditional de-identification practices by enabling accurate re-identification of images, text and behavioural traces. A systematic review of 64 peer-reviewed studies published between 2013 and 2025—47 on technical privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and 17 on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)—shows that no single safeguard withstands modern adversaries. The most resilient configurations layer differential privacy, federated learning and partial homomorphic encryption, maintaining