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> Your phone # is the biggest giveaway How does that work? (Sorry for maybe a bit silly question) > setting up a shell company Can't the doxxers find out who

> Your phone # is the biggest giveaway How does that work? (Sorry for maybe a bit silly question) > setting up a shell company Can't the doxxers find out who owns the shell company? Or they won't know about the existence of a shell company? Or how does it work > use gift cards One would buy gift cards to oneself, use them oneself, right?

anigbrowl 6y ago
People like to hang on to the same phone # so that makes it super-easy for data brokers/snoops to track. Yes, people could find out who owns a shell company, but that's the kind of work private detectors or financial investigators do, and they don't do it unless they get paid, which is an investment most doxxers wouldn't want to make. Transparency varies from state to state, but some states let you set up corporations with very little transparency, iirc Delaware specializes in this to the point that it's become a problem for financial laundering/tax avoidance, eg https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/06/panama-papers-us-tax-havens-delaware https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/06/panama-paper... You can buy gift cards that work with Visa or Mastercard, and some vendors will let you reload them (I think Walmart does this). That would give you a fair degree of privacy for doing things online and in combination with other things make you invisible from all but very dedicated investigators (or law enforcement). by the way, this article, while aimed at political activists, has lots of useful information and links on how to prevent and/or deal with such a situation: https://crimethinc.com/2020/08/26/doxcare-prevention-and-aftercare-for-those-targeted-by-doxxing-and-political-harassment https://crimethinc.com/2020/08/26/doxcare-prevention-and-aft...
- cutemonster 6y ago
  Thanks for the explanations and the links. The doxx prevention article was very informative

anigbrowl 6y ago

People like to hang on to the same phone # so that makes it super-easy for data brokers/snoops to track. Yes, people could find out who owns a shell company, but that's the kind of work private detectors or financial investigators do, and they don't do it unless they get paid, which is an investment most doxxers wouldn't want to make. Transparency varies from state to state, but some states let you set up corporations with very little transparency, iirc Delaware specializes in this to the point that it's become a problem for financial laundering/tax avoidance, eg https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/06/panama-papers-us-tax-havens-delaware https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/06/panama-paper... You can buy gift cards that work with Visa or Mastercard, and some vendors will let you reload them (I think Walmart does this). That would give you a fair degree of privacy for doing things online and in combination with other things make you invisible from all but very dedicated investigators (or law enforcement). by the way, this article, while aimed at political activists, has lots of useful information and links on how to prevent and/or deal with such a situation: https://crimethinc.com/2020/08/26/doxcare-prevention-and-aftercare-for-those-targeted-by-doxxing-and-political-harassment https://crimethinc.com/2020/08/26/doxcare-prevention-and-aft...

cutemonster 6y ago
Thanks for the explanations and the links. The doxx prevention article was very informative