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In exactly what way is information available in public government databases considered private. Please be specific. Regardless of your definition of public, t

In exactly what way is information available in public government databases considered private. Please be specific. Regardless of your definition of public, the word doxxing has never covered it. We have plenty of other language to refer to the sharing of publicly available information. The word doxxing was coined to give a name to a type of invasion of privacy that came to prominence with the rise of the Internet. If you want doxxing to just mean gossip, then your word no longer has a useful and distinct meaning.

krainboltgreene 6y ago
If I didn't consent to that data to be stored in a public government database.
- nate_meurer 6y ago
  Your consent is irrelevant here. The information is still publicly available to anyone who wants to look. You can make the case that this data should be private, and I might agree, but that doesn't change the fact that it is currently public, hence there is nothing to be "revealed" or "doxxed". The information is already out there, in public, easy to find.
- rayiner 6y ago
  Real property transactions are public by operation of law. It’s been that way for literally hundreds of years.
  - krainboltgreene 6y ago
    But I didn't consent to it existing in a second database: Twitter.
antiterra 6y ago
‘Doxing is an effective tool for bad actors, because the internet can cough up a shocking amount of publicly available information about practically anyone.’ - https://www.wired.com/story/what-do-to-if-you-are-being-doxed/ https://www.wired.com/story/what-do-to-if-you-are-being-doxe... ‘While doxers sometimes use hacking or deception to uncover personal details about their targets, contrary to popular belief “most of the info is public,” according to one researcher who has spent years studying and participating in the practice of doxing.’ — https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dox-doxing-protection-how-to/ https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dox-doxing-protection-how-to/ The vast majority of doxxing does not require unauthorized access, social engineering or betrayal by an affiliated person. Instead, it’s almost always connecting dots between openly available bits of information and then packaging that information so as to direct and simplify harassment. https://helgesverre.com/blog/how-to-dox/ https://helgesverre.com/blog/how-to-dox/

krainboltgreene 6y ago

If I didn't consent to that data to be stored in a public government database.

nate_meurer 6y ago
Your consent is irrelevant here. The information is still publicly available to anyone who wants to look. You can make the case that this data should be private, and I might agree, but that doesn't change the fact that it is currently public, hence there is nothing to be "revealed" or "doxxed". The information is already out there, in public, easy to find.
rayiner 6y ago
Real property transactions are public by operation of law. It’s been that way for literally hundreds of years.
- krainboltgreene 6y ago
  But I didn't consent to it existing in a second database: Twitter.

antiterra 6y ago

‘Doxing is an effective tool for bad actors, because the internet can cough up a shocking amount of publicly available information about practically anyone.’ - https://www.wired.com/story/what-do-to-if-you-are-being-doxed/ https://www.wired.com/story/what-do-to-if-you-are-being-doxe... ‘While doxers sometimes use hacking or deception to uncover personal details about their targets, contrary to popular belief “most of the info is public,” according to one researcher who has spent years studying and participating in the practice of doxing.’ — https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dox-doxing-protection-how-to/ https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dox-doxing-protection-how-to/ The vast majority of doxxing does not require unauthorized access, social engineering or betrayal by an affiliated person. Instead, it’s almost always connecting dots between openly available bits of information and then packaging that information so as to direct and simplify harassment. https://helgesverre.com/blog/how-to-dox/ https://helgesverre.com/blog/how-to-dox/