Comment on Researchers Say They Found IP Addresses for ‘Anonymous’ Econ Forum PostsparentComments−pbjtime3yIntent matters. Both the police and kidnappers restrain people and lock them in rooms. Are they both criminals?Revealing people for their toxic behavior is in no way the same as toxic people doxxing others purely for what those other people believe.−mcpackieh3yBasically everybody who doxes thinks they have some ends that justify the means. That kind of mentality is toxic because every dirtbag uses it.−psd13yThat's a logical fallacy. Breathing must be toxic because dirtbags breathe.AIUI, doxxing requires either publishing a subject's days or taking action against the subject. The authors of this paper day they have no intention of doing so. It's mild.
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Intent matters. Both the police and kidnappers restrain people and lock them in rooms. Are they both criminals?
Revealing people for their toxic behavior is in no way the same as toxic people doxxing others purely for what those other people believe.
Basically everybody who doxes thinks they have some ends that justify the means. That kind of mentality is toxic because every dirtbag uses it.
That's a logical fallacy. Breathing must be toxic because dirtbags breathe.
AIUI, doxxing requires either publishing a subject's days or taking action against the subject. The authors of this paper day they have no intention of doing so. It's mild.