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		Jensson 81 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Social Cooling (2017) Most attacks on people are done by those who just google your name and see what comes up so some very minor privacy work helps a lot. Its a lot of work to be completely safe but its very little work to be basically safe.

cluckindan 81 days ago [–]

This was not about targeted attacks/doxxing, but systemic data gathering and enrichment.

Jensson 81 days ago | [–]

The comment you responded talked about attacks/doxxing:

> I don't want to feel like someone can just dig up something I've said or shared 5 years ago and use that against me

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