What is Doxing ?

What is Doxing ?
Doxing:
First, let me explain what Doxing is. Doxing is the process of gaining information about someone or something by using sources on the Internet and using basic deduction skills. Its name is derived from “Documents” and in short it is the retrieval of “Documents” on a person or company.You’re probably thinking, “Okay, so basically it’s getting information from srching someone’s email on Google right?” in a sense yes, but there are actually sier ways to get someone’s information online. The most popular and most common method is to use a website called Pipl (http://www.pipl.com/). Pipl allows you to srch for full names, emails, usernames, and even phone s, thus making it a very useful tool for s. Another source s can use is Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/). Sure, Facebook allows full name srches, but most s aren’t using it for its name srch; they’re using it for its email srch.The main goal when Doxing is to find the target’s email (if you don’t have it). Your email is essentially your passport online; you sign up for websites using it, you have personal information on it, and if someone has access to it, they can essentially pretend to be you online. Once the has the email, all he has to do is put it into Facebook or Pipl and he will be able to find you, assuming the email he has is connected to some account you have online. On the flipside of this, in order to find your email, the either has to guess your email, befriend you on Facebook,or, one of your vulnerable friends and view your email that way. Once he’s done that, you’re in trouble.Now, you’re probably thinking, “How’s he going to me with just my email?” well, that’s where Doxing comes in handy. If he can view your Facebook account, or he can find some other bit of information about you using Pipl, he can do what’s called reverting. Reverting is the process of using the target’s email’s recovery questions to gain access to the target’s email. Now, you may be thinking, “How’s he gonna guess my recovery question answers?” well, take a second look at your recovery questions and ask yourself, “Can someone find this answer online?” If you answered yes, then you’re vulnerable to reverting.Any rding this, that didn't previously know about reverting, would probably look at this and say“This would never work!” but you have to remember… we’re all humans, and we all make mistakes. Surprisingly, this method works more often than you’d think, but it is not for anyone who is lazy. Doxers tend to spend a while srching around the web for information that they can use.Chances are, you’ve made some mistakes online, and if a skilled Doxer finds that mistake, then you’re in trouble. The Doxing method is based purely on the ability of the to recognize valuable information about his target and use this information to his benefit. It is also based around the id that, “The more you know about your target, the sier it will be to find his or her flaws.”How can you insure that you won’t be Doxed? Well, as the Internet becomes more and more useful and addicting, it will become harder to not get Doxed. The main issue for most victims is their security questions, and their security. If a victim has a very sy-to-find recovery question, then the victim will be sily reverted within a matter of seconds. Also, if the victim has a simple , it could get brute forced simply by using a wordlist that applies to the victim’s interests, likes, and fancies (of course, this method is not as popular).
So, the main rule to not getting is: Have secure s, and almost impossible to guess recovery questions. The main rule to not getting Doxed is… to just stay off the Internet; but, who wants to do that?