Yesterday while browsing the front page of that other site I came across a video of a TikTok user who finds people based on short videos.

Their TikTok page can be viewed here: https://proxitok.privacy.com.de/@the_josemonkey

(and they also have a webpage https://josemonkey.wordpress.com/)

I find it amazing, geeky, fascinating, and creepy that a single person with a computer — not a government organisation — is able to do this.

It all reminds me of that Wired article from 2009 about the man who tried to go off grid and was eventually found by internet sleuths.

TL;DR doxxing has never been easier, don’t say or share anything on the web that you wouldn’t want printed on the front page of a newspaper.

  • ‘Leigh 🏳️‍⚧️
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    1 year ago

    That, and also just a preemptive caution from having seen similar discussions go that route in the past. As you implied, it’s virtually impossible to exist in the modern world without being findable and harassable, no matter how careful one is.

    Also, I’ll just leave this here. 🙂