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>doxxing Where does this strange typo come from?

• eitland 7y ago
  From the same place as phising, leet etc.
  • ryanlol 7y ago
    >phising >leet one of these is not like the other
• NikolaeVarius 7y ago
  > "Doxing" is a neologism that has evolved over its brief history. It comes from a spelling alteration of the abbreviation "docs" (for "documents") and refers to "compiling and releasing a dossier of personal information on someone".[9] Essentially, doxing is revealing and publicizing records of an individual, which were previously private or difficult to obtain. The term dox derives from the slang "dropping dox" which, according to Wired writer Mat Honan, was "an old-school revenge tactic that emerged from hacker culture in 1990s". Hackers operating outside the law in that era used the breach of an opponent's anonymity as a means to expose opponents to harassment or legal repercussions.[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing
  • ryanlol 7y ago
    Doxing, not “doxxing”.