1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auJamie Condliffehttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/jamiecondliffe-usa/Your Coding Style Is Like A Digital Fingerprintrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SpqchJY5X9"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/your-coding-style-is-like-a-digital-fingerprint/">Your Coding Style Is Like A Digital Fingerprint</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/your-coding-style-is-like-a-digital-fingerprint/embed/#?secret=SpqchJY5X9" width="600" height="338" title="“Your Coding Style Is Like A Digital Fingerprint” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="SpqchJY5X9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/29/ygheayll4hsd2wtnpxge.jpg?quality=75636358If you think that good code is a plain, expressionless and elegant string of characters that is, at its best, utterly anonymous, think again. New research suggests that programmers have ways of writing code, which can be used as digital fingerprints.