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DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It (being anonymous within your identity) - Insidious. - 03-18-2012
DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It
Introduction
In this tutorial you will learn about DoXing, what is a DoX, and how to stay away from it. You may think being anonymous on the internet is just hiding behind VPN's and proxies well - I think you'll find that having your whole identity compromised is more then that. Many people think "just never give out any personal information on the internet" will help you stay hidden from someone DoXing you? Well. It can, but you can always slip up.. You'll learn how to not slip up.
DoX - What is it?
A DoX is more then an abbreviation. It's more then a word. The meaning of DoX is merely: Getting any and all personal information from someone who is on the internet. A DoX can and will include;
- Name
- State, City, and address
- Phone Number
- Social Networking profile
- Pictures of you, your house, and more
- SSN
- Credit Card
- and possibly more...
Now, most people who are DoXed and their DoX has been spread, shared, etc; they usually cease all interaction with the internet in general for many reasons. Millions and thousands of people know who they are, where they live and more. It can lead to fraud, and much more. It can also lead to swatting, and more. I will cover this in a later tutorial. Well, you may be thinking, "What pussies. Just because everyone knows who they are, they quit the internet." - My reply: Yes! If hundreds - thousands - millions of people on the internet knew where you LIVED, your NAME, what you LOOK like, imagine that for a second... Imagine having MANY people knowing where you live, possibly your CREDIT CARD? You think he or she is just a pussy? You can't imagine what it's like unless you've been in that same position.
Causes of DoXs
After you know all the symptoms of being DoXed, and what can be included in a DoX, you may be wondering; how do people get DoXed if they don't say any personal information to anyone on the internet?
Well, there is infact many ways. I'll give you a good example;
Surveys & Emails
Most people have emails, correct? Now, many people at one point in time if they are a game player, they come along surveys. Now, this is just an example. Say I had the email: doxme@yahoo.com. Now, I wanted to get free NX from Nexon, and by doing so I had to complete surveys. People can easily retrieve a DoX through your email. Say I put ALL of my personal information into the surveys and someone entered my email into an email doxer - they'd have ALL of my information that I entered into the survey.
Here's another popular one that's been going around lately;
Websites & Whois
If you don't know what "Whois" is, it's pretty much a website look-up. If you enter any website, it can tell you all the details of the website. Who owns it, who paid for it, etc. On some domain sellers, after you buy your domain they ask if you want Whois protection for an extra .99-2.00 fee that lasts you about a year. Many people push this offer aside, and do NOT Whois protect their website. If you do not, anyone (and I mean anyone) can look up your website address and find out all the information they need to continue their DoX. Once they know your full name, they can get many more things to conclude their DoX.
Preventing a DoX on yourself
- Preventing a DoX on yourself can be easy if you have basic common sense of any human. Like your parents told you when you were a kid, "don't give any personal information out on the internet, or on your games. Don't even give out your full name." - Most parents will tell you something along the lines of that. It's basic, old, but it really helps. Even if you give out your first name, it can give a lead to any "hacker" who wants to DoX you.
- If you own a lot of websites, or buy a lot - Whois protect it. It's safer for you, and your community. It may be a little more of a fee, but it's very cheap if you think about the fee you would pay if you didn't Whois protect it.
- If you play games, or are constantly doing surveys or if you ever get a day when you have to complete a survey - use FAKE information. I think it will help you out by 100%. I know a lot of people use fake information for everything, but you really should if you are ever in the "survey" problem. Mainly people who play a lot of games and like to get free "in game cash" are in contact with surveys a lot, so you should have your own fake information that you use for every survey.
- Your IP. I know many people think that if someone has your IP, they really can't do anything with it.. but they can. If they have your IP they can do numerous things. They can blackmail you until you give them the information they need, they can find your location which can give them a lead onto getting your personal information. ANY kind of trace to your current residence is a lead for any "DoXer" to getting all of your personal information and having it compromised. A good way to not having your IP compromised is by not clicking on any suspicious links, or signing up for any suspicious website. When you register or log in to any website, the website Administrator(s) can look at the last IP you logged in from. You should only register to forums you are familiar and safe with, and know they will not compromise any of your personal information.
- All in all - Don't do anything that can give out any information about your residence, your name, etc. If you own a social networking account, you should make it private for only certain friends, or all your added friends. That means not accepting everyone as a friend. Trust me, I used to have one and I didn't care who I added as a friend. I added everyone cause I felt like an e-thug having sum-amount of friends.
Conclusion
Read the last point above. That pretty much concludes it. I know this tutorial may not be the highest of quality, but I tried to make it so everyone understood it, and actually knew what could happen. I didn't want to be up-straight serious, give everyone what it means in high quality manner. I wanted to loosen up and make it so EVERYONE can understand what a DoX is, and mainly how to prevent it.
RE: DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It (being anonymous within your identity) - Asuna_mybb_import7736 - 03-18-2012
Really good HQ post!
Thanks man! Can i made a simpel DoX on my friends etc. Without their knowledge?
RE: DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It (being anonymous within your identity) - Insidious. - 03-18-2012
(03-18-2012, 02:38 AM)drake8 Wrote: Really good HQ post!
Thanks man! Can i made a simpel DoX on my friends etc. Without their knowledge?
Well, there are many different "ways" of DoXing, or retrieving one's personal information. If you DoXed someone, and didn't spread it - yeah. They wouldn't know. If you did spread it, but it eventually got to him they'd know. Most DoXs are hand-done (meaning they don't use programs) - because it's so easy. If you have the first, and last name of someone you obviously can keep going. You can get their social networking, then if that profile isn't protected you could find more, then find where he / she lives, etc. It breaks down into information after information.
RE: DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It (being anonymous within your identity) - Asuna_mybb_import7736 - 03-18-2012
So i could actually scare the hell outa him? If he finds a file with all hes sensitive info? :lol:
RE: DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It (being anonymous within your identity) - Insidious. - 03-18-2012
(03-18-2012, 02:58 AM)drake8 Wrote: So i could actually scare the hell outa him? If he finds a file with all hes sensitive info? :lol:
Pretty much. Put it all in a .txt file, send it to him and have him open it. When he sees all of his information, he'll be amazed by you as well.
RE: DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It (being anonymous within your identity) - Asuna_mybb_import7736 - 03-18-2012
Naah, i dont wanna show him that its me, that made it. It could be much funnier if he though there were some feds/other after him! :lol:
RE: DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It (being anonymous within your identity) - DaPaus - 03-18-2012
drake, you just gave me an excellent idea!
I'm surely gonna do that
RE: DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It (being anonymous within your identity) - Insidious. - 03-18-2012
(03-18-2012, 03:37 AM)drake8 Wrote: Naah, i dont wanna show him that its me, that made it. It could be much funnier if he though there were some feds/other after him! :lol:
Well, here's an idea. Make a whole new Skype, Aim, or whatever you use to contact him. Get on it, add him, and talk professional and be like; "Hello, Sir. Please open this text file, it's confidential and only to be seen by Federal Government eyes." or something.
(Sorry if my post doesn't make sense. It's 7:51am, and I haven't had coffee. Instead, I'm having a Pepsi.)
RE: DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It (being anonymous within your identity) - bluedog.tar.gz - 03-19-2012
Oh and don't forget facebook. No.1 tool to DoX
RE: DoX, DoXing, and How To Prevent It (being anonymous within your identity) - Insidious. - 03-19-2012
(03-19-2012, 11:27 AM)bluedog.tar.gz Wrote: Oh and don't forget facebook. No.1 tool to DoX
Yeah, kinda mentioned it within the "social networking profiles". Because, if someone doesn't have their privacy on say; Facebook. Anyone and everyone can view all the information the owner of the profile has put down. I completely agree with you. I personally don't own a social networking site because I feel as if they're not needed.