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"You can google me and find my social media account" Why can i do this? Sounds like you know the problem already and want a push ;) A lot of people I know hav

"You can google me and find my social media account" Why can i do this? Sounds like you know the problem already and want a push ;) A lot of people I know have, no photo of their face, and not their real full name, and goes without saying totally private. Use Facebooks feature to check you have no accidental public ones. Using photos people have taken from their house, I've found the location and unit numbers before. So all these need to be private if you are really worried. Wives/husbands/family are good attack vectors. Not much you can do here to begin with. But you want things locked down to at least friends of friends. I shouldn't be able to easily escalate from necessary public profiles to private ones. But it's all about working towards the goal. Just make a start. Every little bit reduces the chance you'll get doxxed. You might just have to be the stronger gazelle. Maybe privacy is dead, maybe it's about having a job you can't be fired from or a gun in the house? Some peoples incomes depend on the public profiles.

cardamomo 6y ago
Perhaps I've put too much trust in social media companies' privacy controls. I trust you can find my accounts but see very little of my profiles or posts of relevance to my offline life. Perhaps it's time to make myself less searchable.
- searchableguy 6y ago
  Yeah. You should avoid following people directly too. That reveals a lot about you. You can make a private twitter list.
- aaron695 6y ago
  A real interesting point someone else makes is, it's probably like a code review. You'll find it hard to find your own errors, but it's always fun for someone else to find your mistakes.
ggggtez 6y ago
>Wives/husbands/family are good attack vectors. Not much you can do here to begin with. But you want things locked down to at least friends of friends. Fun doxxing trick: 80% of the time your "first-friend" on social media is your significant other. Honestly, if you opt out of social media, you'll save yourself a lot of headache trying to lock it down. You'll make mistakes. And if you don't, then your spouse will. Or your friend. Or your coworkers. They'll upload a photo of you, or leave their account public, or get their account hacked... The only way to win is not to play.

cardamomo 6y ago

Perhaps I've put too much trust in social media companies' privacy controls. I trust you can find my accounts but see very little of my profiles or posts of relevance to my offline life. Perhaps it's time to make myself less searchable.

searchableguy 6y ago
Yeah. You should avoid following people directly too. That reveals a lot about you. You can make a private twitter list.
aaron695 6y ago
A real interesting point someone else makes is, it's probably like a code review. You'll find it hard to find your own errors, but it's always fun for someone else to find your mistakes.

ggggtez 6y ago

>Wives/husbands/family are good attack vectors. Not much you can do here to begin with. But you want things locked down to at least friends of friends. Fun doxxing trick: 80% of the time your "first-friend" on social media is your significant other. Honestly, if you opt out of social media, you'll save yourself a lot of headache trying to lock it down. You'll make mistakes. And if you don't, then your spouse will. Or your friend. Or your coworkers. They'll upload a photo of you, or leave their account public, or get their account hacked... The only way to win is not to play.