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> people are still going to be trash even with their actual identity out in the open This is what shocked the hell out of me as older Gen X and Boomers got int

by Igelau 5y ago

> people are still going to be trash even with their actual identity out in the open This is what shocked the hell out of me as older Gen X and Boomers got into Facebook. I remember one instance I saw where there was quite a lot of nastiness regarding a series of fights that broke out on a cruise ship off of Australia. Someone involved in it posted a video that his father then shared on Facebook. Then some dude starts posting all these vile racist comments (apparently anti-Lebanese racism is a big problem there) under it. REAL NAME. Basically calling a whole ethnic group criminals on the page of someone whose own son was quite possibly in danger. I got... curious. I clicked on Racist Dude's profile. Sure enough everything was set to public. He had pictures of his kids. Their names too. Then I got more curious. Less than 5 minutes on Google and I knew what extracurricular activities they were involved in and when they were likely to be there. I felt a little sick at how easy it was to -- can you even call it doxxing when it all hanging out like that?? Anyway, I kept my mouth shut, logged out, tuned out, dropped out. I still wonder what Racist Dude's best case scenario was there. Even if his vile opinions were 100% true... congratulations on insulting a large family of criminals while exposing everything about yourself?? It boggles the mind. Don't ever try to steelman the ravings of a psychopath.

freeseoul 5y ago
It's not called doxxing if you actually had their real life information to start with. You need to be linking an anonymous identity with another that is not. In this case you linked his identity to his address. That's not doxxing, that's just finding out his information. People misuse the term however to be "any secret thing I found out about someone on the internet".
true_religion 5y ago
See that’s the the thing… racists, sexists, and others of their ilk are proud to be themselves. They have political motive. They want society to be reorganized according to their ideals, and they don’t see anything wrong with themselves or any reason to hide. Even people who smoke joints are more surreptitious than racists.
stevenicr 5y ago
I've seen similar - in neighbor group, posting they wanted X place to burn to the ground and wouldn't mind if they people went with it. real name, public profile - showed she was a 10 year firefighter in previous town. I mean - how dumb on top of overly crass can someone be in a public forum? Mind blown that day - and it's not the only case I'm sure there are many every day on the interweb.

by Igelau 5y ago

freeseoul 5y ago

It's not called doxxing if you actually had their real life information to start with. You need to be linking an anonymous identity with another that is not. In this case you linked his identity to his address. That's not doxxing, that's just finding out his information. People misuse the term however to be "any secret thing I found out about someone on the internet".

true_religion 5y ago

See that’s the the thing… racists, sexists, and others of their ilk are proud to be themselves. They have political motive. They want society to be reorganized according to their ideals, and they don’t see anything wrong with themselves or any reason to hide. Even people who smoke joints are more surreptitious than racists.

stevenicr 5y ago

I've seen similar - in neighbor group, posting they wanted X place to burn to the ground and wouldn't mind if they people went with it. real name, public profile - showed she was a 10 year firefighter in previous town. I mean - how dumb on top of overly crass can someone be in a public forum? Mind blown that day - and it's not the only case I'm sure there are many every day on the interweb.