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In reply to the discussion: Why is the Sanders campaign (and its fans) doxxing liberal critics on Twitter?? [View all]kcr
(15,315 posts)108. Though, if we're talking definitions
Not sure how or where it doesn't fit. Here are multiple sources that all include revealing the personal identity of the victim. I bolded the relevant parts:
http://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/doxxing/
What is doxxing?
Doxxing is a cyber attack that involves discovering the real identity of an Internet user. The attacker then reveals that persons details so others can target them with malicious attacks. Doxxing is analyzing information posted online by the victim in order to identify and later harass that person.
Doxxing is a cyber attack that involves discovering the real identity of an Internet user. The attacker then reveals that persons details so others can target them with malicious attacks. Doxxing is analyzing information posted online by the victim in order to identify and later harass that person.
https://www.howtogeek.com/402764/what-is-doxxing-and-why-is-it-bad/
Doxxing is generally a targeted abuse, similar to harassment in real life, and unless youve got a target on your back, youre probably safe. It normally affects famous peopleparticularly Internet famous people, such as live streamers, YouTubers, and social media celebrities. Since many of them go by an online alias, revealing their real name is a major violation of privacy.Having your name, phone number, and address posted online leaves you vulnerable to real crimes, like swatting, physical harassment, and stalking.
https://grammarist.com/new-words/doxing-and-doxxing/
Doxing is the act of publishing private information and identifying information about an individual online with intent to harm. Doxing is done in order to shame someone, encourage other online users to intimidate someone, or put the person being doxed in actual danger. Doxing may be spelled with two xs, as in doxxing. Doxingmay be used as a noun or a verb, related terms are dox, doxes, doxed, dox, doxxes, doxxed. Doxing is a new word, it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2014. Originally, the word dox was used by computer hackers as an abbreviation for the plural word documents. In the mid-2000s dox came to mean revealing the true identity of a computer user, and by 2008 doxing came to also mean publishing private information online about an individual online, a method of harrassment.
https://cyberbullying.org/doxing-and-cyberbullying
Slang for dropping documents, doxing (also spelled doxxing) typically occurs when someone collects anothers private personal information, such as a home address, contact information or social security number, and subsequently broadcasts or outs that information to the public without permission. Crash Override Network (a task force made up of people who have previously been targeted) describes doxxing as a tactic of mobs of anonymous online groups whose goal is to scare targets by exposing their personal information online. While your personal information may have nothing to do with them, their objective is to make you fearful about how it could potentially lead to your own victimization. To be sure, it might be prompted by seeking revenge for a perceived affront, or to bring attention to someone who has previously operated under the mask of anonymity or pseudonymity or might simply be done for kicks. The scariest part, of course, is that once your private contact details are put out there electronically, its difficult to get them taken down and is therefore available for anyone with malicious or reckless motives to see, find, and use against you.
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Why is the Sanders campaign (and its fans) doxxing liberal critics on Twitter?? [View all]
Blue_Tires
Aug 2019
OP
So do I but not because the D party is god like or perfect, but because we have a
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2019
#73
But they will tell you both parties are the same if their candidate doesn't get in or their grudge
lunasun
Sep 2019
#154
Sanders SHOULD NOT be "unsuspecting of such shenanigans", his National Press Secretary....
George II
Aug 2019
#6
Except, oddly, when it comes to his campaign writing a $30,000 check for sexual harassment
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#103
National Press Secretary for what will ultimately be a $100-$200 million organization, and....
George II
Aug 2019
#25
Who voted for Jill Stein, and has no regrets doing so, and why Sanders does not deserve to be the
still_one
Aug 2019
#53
Someone should send him the plaque that sat on Harry Truman's desk for years....
George II
Aug 2019
#26
Well, unless it's a $30,000 sexual harassment settlement paid out by his campaign
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#104
Revealing personal information like names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, etc....
George II
Aug 2019
#11
Thanks. Malicious intent it is. Hope none of the candidates supports this.
question everything
Aug 2019
#31
Thanks. I really think that "Social media" will be the agent that will bring this down our
question everything
Aug 2019
#41
Yes, I've heard of swatting. I think that individuals citizens were killed
question everything
Aug 2019
#42
They have compared Bidens health care proposal to a terrorist attack.
SouthernProgressive
Aug 2019
#20
That's Sirota for you. Meanwhile there are precious few details of their "plan"....
George II
Aug 2019
#24
Just a little earlier today Briahna Joy Gray sicked some of BS' supporters on a woman....
George II
Aug 2019
#116
Because the twitter troll feigning outrage engages in the behavior he pretends to decry?
melman
Aug 2019
#115
I recall supporters of an unnamed candidate in the past who attacked anyone who didn't support...
liberal N proud
Aug 2019
#52
BS campaign workers turned whistle blowers warned about the toxic, predatory culture.
lapucelle
Aug 2019
#62
The doxing of HoarseWisperer was at the request of Bernie's National Press Secretary.
Gothmog
Aug 2019
#110
Why dwell on what a candidate's followers are called instead of addressing the point of the post?
George II
Aug 2019
#136
What was revealed is a LOT more than what is included in that list of "not a violation".
George II
Aug 2019
#122
I watched the video. Seder didn't give out the guys name or private information on him
Autumn
Aug 2019
#127
You might find it surprising to know that targeted harrassment is against twitter rules
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#149
Can someone explain why the horsey guy is entitled to anonymity for his hateful trolling?
melman
Aug 2019
#138