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What Doxing?
Doxing
simply refers to the process of collection or derive other information such as
name, age, email address, phone number, photographs, etc. using publicly
available sources such as the Internet. In
other words, is doxing act of using the Internet to search for personal
information about a person.
Doxing done by taking a piece of information (eg, "name" or "email address") and keep it as a base to explore other possible details about the person. The term "doxing" is derived from the word "document tracking" which means to retrieve documents about a person or corporation to learn more about them.
Doxing done by taking a piece of information (eg, "name" or "email address") and keep it as a base to explore other possible details about the person. The term "doxing" is derived from the word "document tracking" which means to retrieve documents about a person or corporation to learn more about them.
Technical Doxing:
Today,
the Internet has become such a dimension that contains almost all the
information you ever imagined! All
you have to do is use the right technique to find what you want to. Here
is a list of the most common techniques used by Internet geeks and ethical
hackers doxing:
Using Google:
Google
is undoubtedly a powerful tool which plays a key role in doxing. Because
Google indexes almost anything on the Internet (even private data), it is
possible to dox for details email id, address, phone number and photographs of
a person or business . When
you get the search results for your query, consider carefully the description
section, which in most cases contains the type of information you are looking
for.
Social Networking Sites:
Like most Internet users were found to be active on social media, social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn provides a virtual gold mine of information necessary to perform doxing. Since most users are not aware of the problems of online security, privacy settings on their profile low. This makes it easier for attackers to gain access to personal information such as photos, name, location, job, partner's name, etc.
Reverse cell phone search:
A
"Reverse Cell Phone Lookup" is simply a process of finding someone's
personal data such as name, age, address and related information using their
mobile phone number and vice versa. Exist Many
online services that are in this directory a cell phone that provides access to
personal information about a particular person based on his / her phone, name
and e-mail ID.
Who is searches:
If
a person or company has a website (or domain names) associated with them, you
can easily search "whois" on their web site for personal information
such as name, address, email address or phone number. Just
visit whois.domaintools.com and enter the domain you want to make a whois
search. It will all
the details associated with the domain name.
Why would anyone want to wear Doxing?
Most
people make doxing of general curiosity about a person or a company. But
there are some bad thoughts out there who do this for the purpose of extortion
or revenge by exposing the information they have gathered about the person.
What are the consequences of Doxing?
It
can be irritating and embarrassing when private information falling into the
hands of people who are not meant to have access to this information. However,
it can get even worse if doxed information such as the activities of a social
person, medical history, sexual orientation and other essential information
published. This
can be a serious threat to health, livelihood or relationship to the victim.
Measures to protect you against Doxing:
Here
are some of the most frequently targeted pieces of information that can be
easily obtained by doxing:
• Full name
• Age, sex and date of birth
• Place of birth
• The e-mail addresses and user names
• Phone number
• profiles of social networks, websites and blogs
So it's always a good idea to keep the parts above the hidden information. Although it is not possible to do it anyway, you can always take care to protect as much information as possible to go public. You can consider the following additional tips for extra protection.
Doxing a crime?
Doxing is certainly not a crime when used in ethical standards and no harm to anyone. But if doxing causing intentional damage, such as harassment, blackmail or revenge, it may very well be considered a crime.
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