[Spirit]

Sometimes we get ahead of ourselves and think that we're all high, mighty, and powerful on the Internet. It's just human nature. We get arrogant, stubborn, determined. It's an emotion, we have it. Who cares, right? That wont ever catch up to us!

Well, if you're not really trying to be anonymous online then this quick read probably wont mean anything to you. This is all more so geared towards the hackers, doxers, and whoever else who sometimes will bite off more than they can chew.

Hackers - You know that vulnerability you just found in that government website? Just remember, if your curiosity gets the best of you, you could very well end up somewhere bad. Don't believe me? Well, a guy in a group I'm in just got jailed for 7 years for hacking the University of Melbourne. Even though this is something he did three years ago, it still caught up to him.

Doxers - You know that PayPal account you just found? Well, just think... If you log in to that and a case is opened and they want to track you down, you could very well be caught.

Security freak trying to stay anonymous - You know that crazy thing you just did? You know that picture of yourself you just posted on a forum to get responses for a few minutes? You know that one person you don't even know who you just shared a bit of personal information with? None of the people looking at, or reading, this probably care. You're just a man. You're just a woman. You're only human.

What I'm trying to say is that our emotions and desire to feel powerful can sometimes get in our way and make us do stupid things. We often forget that we're people. So, if you ever think you're taking on more than you can probably handle in the time-being or future just stop and think - I'm only a man.

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EDIT:

I just thought that I should probably add this in. This is actually a quote of mine from further down on this page in this thread.

Spoiler:

Their once was a man named Marcus Aurelius. He was an Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.

Aurelius would always find himself walking through the streets with citizens bowing down to him, offering him complimenting words of praise, and even more at times. Despite this, he never wanted have this praise make him lose site of his goals. So, what did he do? He hired a servant to follow him through the streets and whisper "You're just a man. You're just a man." every time someone bowed, got on their knee, or praised him in some way or another.

Aside from that, something that you may or may not find interesting is a famous quote of his "Wrestle to be the man philosophy wished to make you." In my personal opinion, this quote belongs alongside Abraham Lincoln's claim that "the best way to test a man's character is to give him power."

[bluedog.tar.gz]

People don't realise how much trouble you can get by doing this. They feel safe in their basement behind their keyboard.
A fact is that everybody gets caught sooner or later.

[RaccoonCity_mybb_import13707]

For me, it feels like Maxx can't do anything to me, pfft, I'm behind a computer - I'm safe, right?
Nope, nopenopenope.

[Spirit]

People don't realise how much trouble you can get by doing this. They feel safe in their basement behind their keyboard.
A fact is that everybody gets caught sooner or later.

It wouldn't be so bad if people didn't get so caught up into their identities online so much. When they have an identity, they end up wanting people to know their name. Generally an easy way to get your name known in order to gain your five minutes of fame, you need to hack either something big or something in quantity.

That's not even all though; it's not just hackers. Regular people who join forums and post the odd thing here and there thinking that nothing bad could happen since they only left one piece of information. Well, how many times have we seen a Skype account name publicly said on a forum? With a Skype account you can sometimes find their IP address and find any other Skype accounts that are using that IP. Not only that, but someone could gather a bunch of little pieces of information like you saying you're a guy in one post, your Twitter link in another, a link to a picture you hosted on your website which you don't have a whois guard on, and so much more. All of this added together can tell you a lot about someone if you know how to put the information to use, and as things evolve online, more and more people are becoming capable of this.

For me, it feels like Maxx can't do anything to me, pfft, I'm behind a computer - I'm safe, right?
Nope, nopenopenope.

Ahaha, I find it kind of funny how you used me as your reference, but it's kind of true! I remember when I first introduced you to doxing, and when you had me do a full dox on you, your reaction was priceless. You've realized the reality of how accessible information is online since then. I'm so glad that you've learned the truth of the matter. :Heart:

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You know, their once was a man named Marcus Aurelius. He was an Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.

Aurelius would always find himself walking through the streets with citizens bowing down to him, offering him complimenting words of praise, and even more at times. Despite this, he never wanted have this praise make him lose site of his goals. So, what did he do? He hired a servant to follow him through the streets and whisper "You're just a man. You're just a man." every time someone bowed, got on their knee, or praised him in some way or another.

Aside from that, something that you may or may not find interesting is a famous quote of his "Wrestle to be the man philosophy wished to make you." In my personal opinion, this quote belongs alongside Abraham Lincoln's claim that "the best way to test a man's character is to give him power."

[RaccoonCity_mybb_import13707]

Spoiler:

People don't realise how much trouble you can get by doing this. They feel safe in their basement behind their keyboard.
A fact is that everybody gets caught sooner or later.

It wouldn't be so bad if people didn't get so caught up into their identities online so much. When they have an identity, they end up wanting people to know their name. Generally an easy way to get your name known in order to gain your five minutes of fame, you need to hack either something big or something in quantity.

That's not even all though; it's not just hackers. Regular people who join forums and post the odd thing here and there thinking that nothing bad could happen since they only left one piece of information. Well, how many times have we seen a Skype account name publicly said on a forum? With a Skype account you can sometimes find their IP address and find any other Skype accounts that are using that IP. Not only that, but someone could gather a bunch of little pieces of information like you saying you're a guy in one post, your Twitter link in another, a link to a picture you hosted on your website which you don't have a whois guard on, and so much more. All of this added together can tell you a lot about someone if you know how to put the information to use, and as things evolve online, more and more people are becoming capable of this.

For me, it feels like Maxx can't do anything to me, pfft, I'm behind a computer - I'm safe, right?
Nope, nopenopenope.

Ahaha, I find it kind of funny how you used me as your reference, but it's kind of true! I remember when I first introduced you to doxing, and when you had me do a full dox on you, your reaction was priceless. You've realized the reality of how accessible information is online since then. I'm so glad that you've learned the truth of the matter. :Heart:

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You know, their once was a man named Marcus Aurelius. He was an Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He ruled with Lucius Verus as co-emperor from 161 until Verus' death in 169. He was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and is also considered one of the most important Stoic philosophers.

Aurelius would always find himself walking through the streets with citizens bowing down to him, offering him complimenting words of praise, and even more at times. Despite this, he never wanted have this praise make him lose site of his goals. So, what did he do? He hired a servant to follow him through the streets and whisper "You're just a man. You're just a man." every time someone bowed, got on their knee, or praised him in some way or another.

Aside from that, something that you may or may not find interesting is a famous quote of his "Wrestle to be the man philosophy wished to make you." In my personal opinion, this quote belongs alongside Abraham Lincoln's claim that "the best way to test a man's character is to give him power."

Hahah, I remember when you first showed me the format of your doxes.
I thought that it would be much more simple.

The estimated cordinates to my place really got me.
I got goosebumps all over my body, that was really freaky.

I knew that you were going to find alot of info about me, so I even told you before not to go too deep, and you ended up with that info! LOL.

Speaking of that, did you dox my "Zedex" username, or did you just go with any info you already had on me?

[Spirit]

Hahah, I remember when you first showed me the format of your doxes.
I thought that it would be much more simple.

The estimated cordinates to my place really got me.
I got goosebumps all over my body, that was really freaky.

I knew that you were going to find alot of info about me, so I even told you before not to go too deep, and you ended up with that info! LOL.

Speaking of that, did you dox my "Zedex" username, or did you just go with any info you already had on me?

Not going to lie, I've made some many dox I don't even remember.
I do remember that I didn't do it through your Zedex name though. It was something a bit more complex that I was doing.

EDIT: We're getting off-topic. Lol.
EDIT 2: I think it was through your Kik and Skype alone now that I think about it. I used those to find other things which I then used to find even more things.

[l4ur15]

Well said! Powerful words.
I was happy to see Marcus Aurelius name, because once I was making research work in history about him. I read "Meditations" book and that book made my concepts about everything different. Now a little part of me is stoic . Great to see ancient authors...

[Spirit]

Well said! Powerful words.
I was happy to see Marcus Aurelius name, because once I was making research work in history about him. I read "Meditations" book and that book made my concepts about everything different. Now a little part of me is stoic . Great to see ancient authors...

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed the read.

I honestly don't know too much about Marcus Aurelius, only the one story really. I just searched up that book you mentioned and read a few quotes from it, it sounds like something that I eventually would like to check out.

[Netero_mybb_import16981]

I don't consider myself a hacker or anything But I'm glad I read that ,especially the last part thanks mate <3