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Ask Slashdot: How Do I Recover From Doxxing?

An anonymous reader writes: I've been doxxed on a popular forum, by one of the moderators no less. The forum owner doesn't care, the hosting company doesn't care. I'm getting bombarded by email and social media, even via GitHub. How does a person recover from this? I don't want to create a whole new identity or shut down all my web sites, social media etc. Can't really change my real name either, at least not without an incredible amount of hassle. The police don't care, and since the forum owner is on the other side of the world it's unlikely there could be any legal consequences, and even if they were they would probably only draw more attention to me. I've tried to clean up Google's search results about me. How do I fix this? What does a fix even look like?

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  1. Check out Crash Override Network by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    you can find them at http://www.crashoverridenetwork.com/

    they also have a guide on what you should do after you've been doxxed (http://crashoverridenetwork.tumblr.com/post/114270394687/so-youve-been-doxed-a-guide-to-best-practices)

  2. http://www.crashoverridenetwork.com/ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    they should be able to help

  3. Re:Don't... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    boo hoo. if you can't stand by your words with your real name then fuck off. sincerely, anon.

  4. Re: Kill yourself. by JWSmythe · · Score: 1, Funny

    I read that as "Second Life is over. Suicide is the only course of action left to you, sorry." well, either way.

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    Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
  5. Re: Police? by DuckDodgers · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm Tina Crumpett, and I work in London in hospitality.
    I'm Luke A. Boyd, and I work as an ornithologist.
    I'm Imelda Czechs, and I work in payments.
    I'm Turner Luce, and I work in animal control.
    I'm Lisa Carr, and I work in car sales.
    I'm Otto DeLupe, and I'm a CIO.
    I'm Picov Andropov, I work as a chauffeur in Moscow.

    ...with apologies to the folks at the old Car Talk radio show.