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Michael Cohen's family doxxed after Trump guilty verdict in porn star hush money case
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this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2024
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There are doxxing websites? Like purpose-made? Isn't that illegal? Article doesn't mention the name, but says it has been used before. Wouldn't it just get deleted after the first time?
illegal where? do you think a website hosted in Russia or Pakistan is going to care about an american family whose details get listed there?
It's mind-blowing to me seeing Americans all surprised that their laws don't magically extend to every corner of the world through the internet. Crazy mfs lmao
What? No, young people that never saw a phone book are the likely cause here. It's not illegal to post publicly available details.
Tons of doxxing is nothing more than searching publicly available information. People who already know all the sources can do it easily. These websites would only make it accessible in one place.
Try doxxing yourself sometime. It's scary.
Then pay a service to de-dox yourself across all those web sites. It feels a bit like a mafia squeeze, but it works.
Do you have a good one you can recommend?
Google will keep you out of search results at least.
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