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How to protect yourself from doxing

October 25, 2019 admin dox, doxer, doxing, How-tos, ip address, mobile vpns, Online privacy, password manager, personal data, personally identifiable information, privacy, Social engineering, social media, VPN, VPNs, WHOIS

Credit to Author: Osama Tahir| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:37:31 +0000

Doxing, or collecting and spreading private information about a user online, is a form of cyber harassment, stalking, and even a potential threat to physical safety. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself against it.

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Security Trade-Offs in the New EU Privacy Law

April 27, 2018 admin GDPR Q&A, georgia tech, ICANN, Internet Governance Project, The Coming Storm, Webroot, WHOIS

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:27:40 +0000

On two occasions this past year I’ve published stories here warning about the prospect that new European privacy regulations could result in more spams and scams ending up in your inbox. This post explains in a question and answer format some of the reasoning that went into that prediction, and responds to many of the criticisms leveled against it.

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Who Is Afraid of More Spams and Scams?

March 16, 2018 admin Europol, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, GoDaddy, Gregory Mounier, ICANN, privacy, Rod Rasmussen, The Coming Storm, WHOIS

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:55:45 +0000

Security researchers who rely on data included in Web site domain name records to combat spammers and scammers will likely lose access to that information for at least six months starting at the end of May 2018, under a new proposal that seeks to bring the system in line with new European privacy laws. The result, some experts warn, will likely mean more spams and scams landing in your inbox.