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>If you are trying to be anonymous you really should try harder, it took me less than a minute to get your home address. It may be insightful for others if you

>If you are trying to be anonymous you really should try harder, it took me less than a minute to get your home address. It may be insightful for others if you divulge your methods.

icedchai 9y ago
The "methods" are pretty simple: view a profile, look at the web site mentioned there, google some of the info. Most people should simply use different usernames on different sites.
et-al 9y ago
If a person has a personal domain registered, a whois search may offer up information (which may or may not be accurate). Most registrars will now hide your info for an additional fee.
- drewmol 9y ago
  >which may or may not be accurate Thx, it's the < 60 second validation method I was fishing for. Turns out it's just AI
jacquesm 9y ago
When you have more than 50K HN Karma an extra toolbox opens up next to the usernames, one of those is 'autodoxx' (clearly a weak pun on autodocs). You click the link and it will automatically query google, various Whois tools and other lookup services to get a fix on the user, the end result is a nice little one-page mash-up listing all the domains you own, a bunch of recent photographs, your political leanings, your sexual preferences, your last three known addresses, any children you have and where they go to school, your present location on a google maps page (it moves when you do, it's near real-time, maybe a minute or two delayed), your current employer and an estimate of your bank balance and some possible avenues for blackmail. All this powered by the friendly AI of some HN start-ups that want to show off their technology, and blessed by the Holy Trinity of online surveillance: Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg. This is Hacker News after all.
- the-dude 9y ago
  Thank god. I initially thought anybody could do it.
- Tomminn 9y ago
  I love how much I can't tell if you're serious.
  - jacquesm 9y ago
    49822 to go.
    - the-dude 9y ago
      Your knowledge base is out of sync.
      - deleted 9y ago
        [deleted]
      - jacquesm 9y ago
        HN doesn't support programmatic content or I would have been happy to make it real time.
        the-dude 9y ago
        This is strange, there was another, very very similar comment here from another user, which disappeared after about 10-15 minutes. Then 15 minutes later, this comment appears, with only a slight variation in wording. I am starting to doubt myself. Eerie.
        grzm 9y ago
        I removed it for a couple of reasons: I try to keep my posts substantive (though I have been known to slip) because I strongly value that aspect of HN. And in particular I don't like to feed conspiracy theories, even when it's clear they're in jest. 'jacquesm's post upthread overwhelmed my usual caution, which led to a moment of weakness that I tried to correct. Apologies if it may have (hopefully only temporarily) contributed even in its removal!

>If you are trying to be anonymous you really should try harder, it took me less than a minute to get your home address. It may be insightful for others if you divulge your methods.

icedchai 9y ago

The "methods" are pretty simple: view a profile, look at the web site mentioned there, google some of the info. Most people should simply use different usernames on different sites.

et-al 9y ago

If a person has a personal domain registered, a whois search may offer up information (which may or may not be accurate). Most registrars will now hide your info for an additional fee.

drewmol 9y ago
>which may or may not be accurate Thx, it's the < 60 second validation method I was fishing for. Turns out it's just AI

jacquesm 9y ago

When you have more than 50K HN Karma an extra toolbox opens up next to the usernames, one of those is 'autodoxx' (clearly a weak pun on autodocs). You click the link and it will automatically query google, various Whois tools and other lookup services to get a fix on the user, the end result is a nice little one-page mash-up listing all the domains you own, a bunch of recent photographs, your political leanings, your sexual preferences, your last three known addresses, any children you have and where they go to school, your present location on a google maps page (it moves when you do, it's near real-time, maybe a minute or two delayed), your current employer and an estimate of your bank balance and some possible avenues for blackmail. All this powered by the friendly AI of some HN start-ups that want to show off their technology, and blessed by the Holy Trinity of online surveillance: Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg. This is Hacker News after all.

the-dude 9y ago
Thank god. I initially thought anybody could do it.
Tomminn 9y ago
I love how much I can't tell if you're serious.
- jacquesm 9y ago
  49822 to go.
  - the-dude 9y ago
    Your knowledge base is out of sync.
    - deleted 9y ago
      [deleted]
    - jacquesm 9y ago
      HN doesn't support programmatic content or I would have been happy to make it real time.
      - the-dude 9y ago
        This is strange, there was another, very very similar comment here from another user, which disappeared after about 10-15 minutes. Then 15 minutes later, this comment appears, with only a slight variation in wording. I am starting to doubt myself. Eerie.
        grzm 9y ago
        I removed it for a couple of reasons: I try to keep my posts substantive (though I have been known to slip) because I strongly value that aspect of HN. And in particular I don't like to feed conspiracy theories, even when it's clear they're in jest. 'jacquesm's post upthread overwhelmed my usual caution, which led to a moment of weakness that I tried to correct. Apologies if it may have (hopefully only temporarily) contributed even in its removal!