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."

(08-04-2014, 05:54 PM)Maxx Wrote:

(08-04-2014, 04:18 PM)bluedog.tar.gz Wrote: 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.

(08-04-2014, 04:28 PM)RaccoonCity Wrote: 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."