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user-inactivated  ·  3413 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Are you scared to post?

The comments in this thread about being doxxed 1) terrify me, and 2) make me very glad I'm uber careful about anonymity, privacy and security. (Hell, even in walks around the town I live in, I deliberately take different paths back to my home so no one can tail or track me, and change outfits and styles of clothing for the same purpose). Still, I'm always worried whenever I'm active on a website that SOMEhow, somebody's gonna piece together--given I'm a speed-reading, data aggregating, creepy superstar at doing this exact thing, and if I can do it, a variant of Rule 34 applies, meaning, others can do it and WILL do it--all my comments and posts and...

Wait, I'll probably be homeless by then. Good luck finding me. =) Yet another awesome thing about having all your mail sent to a PO Box rather than your home address.