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"Doxxing" is from the 90s and was used to describe a hacker unmasking another hacker so they could be arrested. That's almost exactly the same usage as here.
by KPGv2 6mo ago
"Doxxing" is from the 90s and was used to describe a hacker unmasking another hacker so they could be arrested. That's almost exactly the same usage as here.
- Sharlin 6mo agoSemantic shift happens over time. A 2026 article is supposed to communicate to 2026, not 1996, readers.
- randomNumber7 6mo agoGermany is a bit backwards.
- perlgeek 6mo agoWut? The headline is from Krebs on Security, not from the German authorities.
- aaron695 6mo ago[dead]
- nailer 6mo agoI can't find it in the jargon file: http://catb.org/jargon/html/D.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/D.html
- stackghost 6mo agoIt comes from leetspeak. Identity documents -> docs -> dox
- mghackerlady 6mo ago(someone really needs to make a new jargon file, if not out of practicality then for archival reasons)