Porting out of Java

[patcon]

Not sure if you're aware, but the Tails Live project is interested in a stylometry tool. The Java dependency is an issue for them, although I'm not sure there's anything to be done about this. But yet, thinking maybe you were considering a rewrite anyhow, so thought I'd put it out there :)

https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/5726

[denisaqori]

Hi there,

Thanks for your interest in Anonymouth. Some of the developers in our lab are actually thinking about rewriting Anonymouth and JStylo in a lightweight Python version, with the most commonly used features, which might be more user-friendly then the more research-oriented full version in Java. However, this will probably not happen in the near future, as we still have to make Anonymouth more stable. We would appreciate any further suggestions.

Thanks,
Denisa Qori

[patcon]

Thanks very much for the info @denisaqori :)

I've referenced it on the Tails Live ticket.

I'll open any further issues when I get time to test it out

[dalanmiller]

Would also like to see something of this in the future. I'm looking to build a Chrome Extension that uses Anonymouth but being forced to use the GUI

[HulaHoopWhonix]

Any updates on this? We would love to have this in our anonymity distro too (WhonixOS).

[xiongchiamiov]

Is Java a blocking dependency for Whonix (it appears the blocker for Tails is actually just being packaged for Debian)?

[greenstadt]

Right now we are still stuck with Java. One thing I have done recently is
apply for NSF funding for infrastructure building in this area, which might
allow us to change things up more.

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 2:15 PM, James Pearson Hughes <
notifications@github.com> wrote:

Is Java a blocking dependency for Whonix (it appears
https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/5726 the blocker for Tails is
actually just being packaged for Debian)?

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Drexel University College of Computing and Informatics

[HulaHoopWhonix]

@greenstadt

Hi. I want to open a request for packaging on the Debian privacy package maintainers list for anonymouth (preferably the entire suite (JSAL) including the writing recognition components).

Where can I find the most recent sources for JSAL and/or Anonymouth+JStylo? Are the tarballs on: https://psal.cs.drexel.edu/index.php/JStylo-Anonymouth the latest or github?

Also what is the relation between JSAL and JGAAP?

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PS. I misunderstood the Java dependency to mean Oracle's closed Java runtime but apparently thats not the case. So whats needed is just the packaging effort.

I'm very enthusiastic because anti-stylommetry is a complementary tech to the anti-keystroke/mouse profiling tool we are adding to Whonix.

CC/ @adrelanos

[ianopolous]

With Graal VM in Java 9 one can statically compile Java programs to self contained binaries without any requirement for a JVM at runtime.