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.

    • bbbhltz@beehaw.orgOP
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      1 year ago

      Are you referring to “don’t say or share anything on the web that you wouldn’t want printed on the front page of a newspaper.”?

      That has been the advice given to people since the early 90s when I started using computers and in the context of this video — a mother explaining to their child how easy it is for a stranger to find where you live — it fits. I suppose it shouldn’t be generalised as someone might take it personally.

      I’ll keep this in mind in the future.