JK actually she plays with me lol

Question is doxxing legal?

Or threatening to dox?

When does cyber stalking talk over?

@Dustin Nemos you might know a thing or two

If he responds to peasants anymore

@Bleezer Hahahahahahaha! OMG I snorted on that one.

doxxing is illegal i believe. as in the true form of doxxing finding out and publishing information about someone through their IP address

@SnackPack Doxxing thing seems to be legal most of the time. Pretty wishy-washy though:

Looks like 'doxxing' in a pure sense is NOT illegal. However:
Some information is restricted personal information "with respect to an individual, the Social Security number, the home address, home phone number, mobile phone number, personal email, or home fax number of, and identifiable to, that individual." This only applies to 'covered persons' which are a number of positions and persons: basically military, law enforcement, federal law enforcement, etc.
So its illegal to post specific information about people in specific positions.... Also all the threatening/intimidating laws still apply, which is how I think most people interpret doxxing, which makes it dangerous even if not technically illegal.

not just like publishing stuff from searching on goggle which people call doxxing nowadays for some reason

ya just looking into someone isnt but publishing it for people to see without their consent is illegal, and i believe using software to find out their IP address to do so is illegal

I wonder if the people who doxxed the ICE agents got arrested

But it sounds like you CAN do it if it is not a "covered person" That doesn't seem right.

@Maga gal so if they’re in the phone book it’s fair game?

Not that it is not true, but it shouldn't be. Maybe its

when that info is then used to target and harass charges can be brought

So if i dox my news station with public information can I get in trouble?

Employees

Well look at what I put up above (it's not the definitive) but it sounds like if they have certain jobs it is illegal. But your every day Joe its just fine

Are you distributing it - like online?

Not yet.

Public information

Only

And public info meaning addresses phone numbers?

Found in the phone book

Yes

Well you know that makes sense why that would be legal because anyone could find it.

Do they really still have phone books??

Ok kinda how I felt

Yep

ANyway, I'd be careful because I am making a BIG ASSUMPTION here because I don't know, but if anything happened directly from putting that info out there then there could be some liability

I MISS phone books!!!

Are you sending to a direct person or thinking of posting?

To me public info is public info.. it’s not like I’m hacking (I could..) but I’m trying to keep this one clean as possible.

And what are your intentions for doing this (yes, I am a mother)

Posting on a anon account

To give information; to encourage harrassment?

Basically doxxing everyone who works there since they wanna censor my comments

Share info

Only to share