I'm so sick of morons open sourcing abuse tools under the guise of "helping". This tool will be misused to abuse and harass more than anything else. Making these tools available to masses is dangerous.
What are "abuse tools"? Trying to suppress knowledge is never the answer. That would mean that only those in the know can either protect themselves or exploit others.
The "never put information about yourself on the internet" mantra from before social media needs a comeback and it will not happen if no one shines a light on how easy it is to track people online.
So if I put up a website at doxsyoc.com with your email address, phone numbers, home address, credit card details, social security number, daily schedule, bank statements and employment information you would presumably not try to have it removed because "Trying to suppress knowledge is never the answer".
I think you chose a weak interpretation of what they said to make your point. I don’t think that’s what they meant.
We’re talking about a tool here that attempts to aggregate all of a particular person’s social medial accounts. Social media is public. Everyone knows this, your are saying things and posting things with the expectation that everyone will be able to see them.
What you said is something totally different. Doxing someone’s private information is heinous. Nobody is arguing that is okay. I think the parent comment made a good point.
If tech can allow a tool like this to be possible, I think it is arguably better that everyone have access to it, instead of just bad actors keeping it to themselves.
There are other technological fields in which capable tech has been kept out of commonly available products in order to prevent people from abusing it.
For whatever reason, techies that are in the information discovery space can't help themselves from showing off how clever they are despite there being very real security risks to random bystanders.
Okay, but assuming thats true, there are ways to make it clear to someone how easy it is to track them online without enabling people to actually do that tracking themselves so easily.
Yes, only governments and private companies should be allowed to have these tools. They are notably less powerful than the dangerous masses. They have never abused or harassed anyone. They also wear some of the most tasty boots.
