Doxxing Demystified: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Protect Yourself

The internet never forgets. With every post, comment, like, and share, you hand out information about yourself and your habits. Doxxing, short for “dropping documents,” is the act of leaking someone’s personal information with the intent to harass, humiliate, bully, or extort them. There’s no hard list of reasons someone has to doxx another. Rather, it is a concerted, malicious effort that could stem from opposing views, personal disputes, or simple opportunism. The…