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2016 Postmortem

nemo137

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11. Hold the phone, when did "not that hard to find" become the standard for doxxing?

Reply to Fawke Em (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:34 PM

Apr 2016

Especially addresses, which are used for SWATTING and other, less likely to be deadly forms of harassment. Someone took the time to 1.) find his address and 2) publicize it, which I think is the textbook definition of doxxing. You can think that WaPo is the shilliest bunch of shills who ever shilled, but "doxxed" is certainly how I'd describe that.

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Washington Post Reporter Doxxed For Writing Critical Article About Bernie Sanders [View all] workinclasszero Apr 2016 OP

tell it to Susan Sarandon GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #1

+1 mmonk Apr 2016 #3

Good one. But seriously in this day of social media and anonymous comments if Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #4

Obviously the goal is to smear Sanders because, allegedly, random people GreatGazoo Apr 2016 #6

How do you dox a public figure ? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #7

We don't often agree, but on this we do. Fawke Em Apr 2016 #8

I know of instances where the wrong person was doxed. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #9

Me, too. Fawke Em Apr 2016 #12

My friend had to take down his facebook page. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #16

Facebook is the evil. Fawke Em Apr 2016 #19

... Electric Monk Apr 2016 #2

That's not being "doxxed." Fawke Em Apr 2016 #5

Hold the phone, when did "not that hard to find" become the standard for doxxing? nemo137 Apr 2016 #11

Not if he had a publicly listed address. Fawke Em Apr 2016 #14

You think it's ok to publish a reporter's home address? yardwork Apr 2016 #15

"Irrational fury" ... exactly. NurseJackie Apr 2016 #10

Childish babies. yardwork Apr 2016 #13

We are adults. We realize doing the same thing over and over and expecting Fawke Em Apr 2016 #18

Washington Post has been shameless in its shilling for Clinton. It *used* to be a paper of record. Romulox Apr 2016 #17