Doxxing defense: Remove your personal info from data brokers

[Lola]

Many women gamers and developers, as well as those who support them, have lately come under attack from online trolls. A common intimidation tactic that trolls use is "doxxing," or publicly exposing their targets' personal details, including home address, phone number and even financial records.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2849263/doxxing-defense-remove-your-personal-info-from-data-brokers.html

It is a start, in the right direction.  Unfortunately many websites quote...it is "public info" or "freedom of speech."  Nothing short of a court order, will make them budge.

[DeeDee]

It is a start, in the right direction.

It's somewhat in the right direction, but my suspicious mind asks:

Just how safe is it to send them a scan of your "government-issued ID" as required by "Intelius and subsidaries" for instance?

Wouldn't admitting that you exist by sending out your personal information in that manner actually be just as dangerous as being on the sites in the first place? After all, by sending your ID scan to get yourself removed, you just voluntarily put your "government-issued ID" into "the cloud," and we all know that the Internet is forever.



Anywho. I've got that question emailed to a security expert that I know.

[Lola]

The companies that were listed...I wouldn't send them my govt issued ID.