Thread by @icu_luci

If anyone is afraid of getting "doxed," here's what I suggest you do: check to see if your information is readily available online, and if so, buy a gun and learn how to use it. I am not being dismissive--it is just a fact that it's not hard to find personal info (see comments)

By merely typing in someone's full name into google, if you keep looking through the results you will eventually find results coming from background check websites or realty websites--the less famous they are the quicker it will happen. I just typed in a random name here:

These websites will collect data from public records (city hall, etc.) and collate them to a person. If you have an uncommon name, you're even worse off because you'll be easier to single out.

Again, I'm just using "Bob Schnittger" as a random example--he's probably a good guy.

The more information someone has about you, the quicker the search will go. What state do you live in? City? Do they have your online handle or phone number? Know what you look like? Age? Birthday? The more info they have, the easier it is.

The fact is that unless you've been diligently protecting your personal info and changing online handles, the only people likely to know who you are would be the tech giants (if you routinely stay logged in), your internet provider, the government, and some others.

Most people don't do these things for various reasons, but whether or not you do, having good home protection is an essential step to feeling secure--especially when you consider the kinds of people we are criticizing and how compromised our supposed protectors are.

Get guns, practice using them. Get a big dog if possible. Get friendly with your neighbors. If someone really wants to go after you, it takes almost no time to figure out where you are--and they won't be letting you know ahead of time.

I should also state that this goes the other way around. It was one thing to lobby for the government to send our soldiers to go get killed in 2003--but today, their survivors will not have difficulty figuring out which loudmouths put these soldiers in the ground.