Topic: [poll] Should doxing be banned? - page 2. (Read 2990 times)
I'd ask anyone voting no to volunteer your doxes, because that's essentially what you're saying.
Either would be fine, but the rules should be clear and consistent, and enforcement transparent (e.g. not involve forum software searching for substrings of theymos' address/phone#/BTC addy containing this info in the form of a public message).
~~Comrade Napoleon, Father of All Animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheep-fold.
~~Comrade Napoleon, Father of All Animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheep-fold.
I voted for ' Yes: it should be banned.'
Basically it should be banned but in some cases it can be done ,depending upon the context or situations.
[1] Practising of revealing ones personal identity by unknown people can let you in a offense.
[2] Can even lead to mass Falsehood , as the identity provided in dox don't need to be truth.
[1] Practising of revealing ones personal identity by unknown people can let you in a offense.
[2] Can even lead to mass Falsehood , as the identity provided in dox don't need to be truth.
No. If the DOX (which it usually does) contains only information that is publicly available on search engines (your own fault), then it should not.
I've already proven that to be false, and the other thread has more than vehemently proven that admins will delete or shield their own doxes but not those of others, while maintaining the viewpoint that they do. pNote I say "admins" in the general context that we don't know who, or one or many, or some conspiracy or none at all. Don't go witch-hunting.]
I particularly don't like anyone doxing anyone so I voted yes, but shouldn't this topic be discussed in meta?
Been told this multiple times now. I'll move to meta and mods can decide if it's off topic or not.
I particularly don't like anyone doxing anyone so I voted yes, but shouldn't this topic be discussed in meta?
From what I know, theymos ban users who post his dox. I read it somewhere on the forum, don't ask me.
a global mod denied it in this topic:https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/why-is-non-consensual-release-of-personal-information-allowed-1183191
I quintuple-dog-dare you to post his dox, that are easily obtainable via Google, and see what happens.
From what I know, theymos ban users who post his dox. I read it somewhere on the forum, don't ask me.
a global mod denied it in this topic:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/why-is-non-consensual-release-of-personal-information-allowed-1183191
I would vote Yes. But then again who cares what we say man!
If you see something on the forum which you think is wrong but is allowed, learn to look away..
ps: didn't vote.
If you see something on the forum which you think is wrong but is allowed, learn to look away..
ps: didn't vote.
From what I know, theymos ban users who post his dox. I read it somewhere on the forum, don't ask me.
i voted yes.
a dox should be made by law enforcement and not by forum users.
a dox should be made by law enforcement and not by forum users.
I answered No, because if someone did very bad stuff to community, like TradeFortress, it should be publicly recognized, if not scammers will not stop being so.
nope.
unless it contains explicit threats, else it must not be banned to prevent admin abuse (admin self-banning disaster).
unless it contains explicit threats, else it must not be banned to prevent admin abuse (admin self-banning disaster).
So how do you propose to resolve situations such as Josh Zerlan using private information in their customer database to dox me, and then blatantly lying about it being public information.
A vendor. Now the subject of an FTC lawsuit. Doxing an upset customer.
Theymos shrugs.
Disclosure: Didn't vote in this poll.
Sorry, but I do not have a proposal that could work. We can not generalize anything and thus there are exceptions. If one could prove that that information can not be obtained by randomly using a search engine, then it should be removed and punished. You would have to take these things up higher as I can not do anything besides discuss or suggest potential changes. If there was a good way to effectively stop people from doing this, then the policy might change. As said, someone could be very persistent.A vendor. Now the subject of an FTC lawsuit. Doxing an upset customer.
Theymos shrugs.
Disclosure: Didn't vote in this poll.
I also did not vote on the poll.
No. If the DOX (which it usually does) contains only information that is publicly available on search engines (your own fault), then it should not.
So how do you propose to resolve situations such as Josh Zerlan using private information in their customer database to dox me, and then blatantly lying about it being public information.
A vendor. Now the subject of an FTC lawsuit. Doxing an upset customer.
Theymos shrugs.
Disclosure: Didn't vote in this poll.
The most important lesson to learn from people having their dox released is to protect your identity and info sufficiently. Having it posted on a forum is the least of your worries. IF some randomer on a bitcoin forum can find it then so can criminals and do much worse with it so you should make sure as much info about you is known as possible and minimize the possibility of any of it being leaked. Even if this forum does remove doxs its not going to stop them repeatedly posting it or posting it elsewhere so removing it is largely pointless any way.
I think it should only get deleted but if somebodies actually being really persistent and trying to call for violence against an individual then that's probably the one case where I would consider a banning to be okay, people have a right to privacy, even if some people do behave like total scum.
No. If the DOX (which it usually does) contains only information that is publicly available on search engines (your own fault), then it should not. Social security numbers and such get delete though.
t is not possible to effectively stop someone who is trying to DOX another member. They could create infinite amount of newbie accounts and keep posting it. They could leave their DOX information on their trust page which is not moderated either. Exactly how do you expect the staff to moderate this?
t is not possible to effectively stop someone who is trying to DOX another member. They could create infinite amount of newbie accounts and keep posting it. They could leave their DOX information on their trust page which is not moderated either. Exactly how do you expect the staff to moderate this?
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