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HOW NOT TO GET DOXXED: Opsec advice from someone who performs professional background checks for a living (THREAD).
**This is not my original content, it's copy-pasted from an old thread by a now-suspended account.**
**This is not my original content, it's copy-pasted from an old thread by a now-suspended account.**
- Never use your real name, especially if you’re at an irl event (trusted people may inadvertently spill it to someone with bad intentions). I suggest using a fake name in addition to your username
- Never post pictures of yourself
- Don’t talk about what events you’ve gone to
- Never post pictures of yourself
- Don’t talk about what events you’ve gone to
- Never post pictures of/from your house, car, or pets
- Never use the same username twice
- Use usernames that are not super unique and/or are difficult to get info on from google
- Don’t ever link to another one of your accounts using a different username
- Never use the same username twice
- Use usernames that are not super unique and/or are difficult to get info on from google
- Don’t ever link to another one of your accounts using a different username
- Remove info you put on old websites you’ve forgotten about
- Frequently change identifiers that allow you to (twitter @, etc.)
- Don’t use the same unique avatar on multiple accounts. Reverse image searching unique avatars is just as precise as searching for unique usernames
- Frequently change identifiers that allow you to (twitter @, etc.)
- Don’t use the same unique avatar on multiple accounts. Reverse image searching unique avatars is just as precise as searching for unique usernames
- Don’t post shit about your birthday; better yet, celebrate a fake birthday
- Be vague about your age and occupational, scholastic, and familial situations
- Stop asking/responding to “who here is a nevadan groyper?” etc. in live chats. People doing that get muted for a reason
- Be vague about your age and occupational, scholastic, and familial situations
- Stop asking/responding to “who here is a nevadan groyper?” etc. in live chats. People doing that get muted for a reason
- Lie about yourself. Giving fake nuggets which could be used for pursuing a false dox is an extremely effective way of throwing ppl off your trail
- Avoid normie social media, or at the very least DO NOT corroborate what you put on there with what you put on your anon accounts
- Avoid normie social media, or at the very least DO NOT corroborate what you put on there with what you put on your anon accounts
- Don’t follow IRL friends on your anon accounts
- If you have some undying urge to talk about familial issues (grandma is sick, etc.) with anons on twitter, only do so PRIVATELY
- If you have some undying urge to talk about familial issues (grandma is sick, etc.) with anons on twitter, only do so PRIVATELY
- Don’t frequently interact with tweets from an overly-specific region (i.e. if you’re from Buffalo, NY don’t constantly be liking shit from upstate NY)
- If you’re staying off normie social media, also request that close family members don’t post pics of/references to you
- If you’re staying off normie social media, also request that close family members don’t post pics of/references to you
- If you are a sperg that is unsettlingly obsessed with guns/knives, don’t talk about it. You’re not impressing anyone, and it draws ire
- Use a DIFFERENT ANON email/phone number/password combo for EACH website you’re on. Use http://autofications.com for phone #
- Use a DIFFERENT ANON email/phone number/password combo for EACH website you’re on. Use http://autofications.com for phone #
- Email http://archive.org to request that your accts not be included on the wayback machine (they’ll oblige if you can prove you’re the owner)
- Contact public background check websites to request that your/your family’s information is taken offline if you can find it
- Contact public background check websites to request that your/your family’s information is taken offline if you can find it
- Use a VPN if possible; if you’re being threatened by someone with your public IPv4, don’t acquiesce. This only exposes your ISP’s location
- Download & use Tor browser, especially if you are in a more totalitarian country, Germany or Britain, for example
- Download & use Tor browser, especially if you are in a more totalitarian country, Germany or Britain, for example
Other tips:
- Go private and try your best to dox yourself with what you have publicly available
- Don’t EVER reveal even a peek at your power level irl
- Don’t get cocky and assume people won’t try to ruin your life because you’re a nobody
- ALWAYS MAINTAIN PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY
- Go private and try your best to dox yourself with what you have publicly available
- Don’t EVER reveal even a peek at your power level irl
- Don’t get cocky and assume people won’t try to ruin your life because you’re a nobody
- ALWAYS MAINTAIN PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY
