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Doxing -- Something To Expect More of In 2015

Posted by Soulskill on from the can't-we-just-be-excellent-to-each-other dept.

HughPickens.com writes: When asked about trends to expect in 2015, Bruce Schneier points to doxing as a likely candidate. Doxing is not new, dating back to at least 1987 when Robert Bork's video tape rentals were leaked to the press. Usually it's things like an address and phone number, but it can also be credit card details, medical information, private e-mails—pretty much anything an assailant can get his hands on. "Everyone from political activists to hackers to government leaders has now learned how effective this attack is. Everyone from common individuals to corporate executives to government leaders now fears this will happen to them. And I believe this will change how we think about computing and the Internet."

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  1. What is doxing? by pr0nbot · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those too lazy to google:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. Re:at the moment the only trend by Spad · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's hardly a new word, it's been in active use for the best part of 10 years.

  3. Gamergate Doxxing by Kunedog · · Score: 4, Informative

    TFA mentions Gamergate in the context of the doxxing but all the victims mentioned just happen to be on the anti-GG side (innocent mistake, I'm sure).

    Pro-GG people have been doxxed:
    http://imgur.com/BNlLKcn

    So was the creator of #notyourshield, and his workplace was harassed until he was fired:
    https://twitter.com/Moldybars/...
    http://i.imgur.com/9ieHMu9.png

    A prominent anti-GGer called for the doxxing of all Gamergate supporters: http://i.gyazo.com/5db582013ac...

    At least the pro-GG makes an effort to detect, condemn, and report this shitty behavior, no matter which side it comes from.

  4. Re:That is not doxing by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's a reason doxxing is mainly associated with 4chan, 8chan and other pedophile websites.

    Jezebel writer doxxes autistic kid.
    Rebecca Watson promotes Doxxing.
    Reddits ShitRedditSays subreddit digging up names of gamergaters.
    A tumblr related website all about doxxing

    Something about throwing stones in glass houses springs to mind here.

  5. Re:Sigh, yet more lazy buzzwords. by danknight48 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Um... No. Identity theft is using someone else's identity, not just obtaining information about them.

    Incorrect
    Go read: http://www.actionfraud.police....

    "Identity theft is when your personal details are stolen and identity fraud is when those details are used to commit fraud"

  6. Re:That is not doxing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Didn't 4-chan kick all the GamerGate people out? The only reason 8-chan is associated with GamerGate at all is that it's the largest web forum that didn't bow to the corporate puppet-masters and ban all GamerGate discussion in its entirety, like 4-Chan, Reddit, and Slashdot did.

    Plus, when it comes to GamerGate, all the doxxing is on one side: the SJW side. They've gone out of their way to try and get GamerGaters fired, to the point of making up rape charges and trying to convince employers that they were real and they should fire gamers over them. Doxxing is a real issue, but it's not 4-chan or 8-chan you should be worried about, it's SJW assholes like this.