#like. Identity fraud and doxxing are common occurrences | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

honestlyvan · 2 years ago

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i think kids online should really get back to making internetsonas instead of whatever fuckshit this is with putting their entire real faces, names, ages, and such everywhere. you're not gonna realize how nice internet privacy is until you dont have it anymore and no chance at getting it back. make up a guy and a name and just be that online. make up conflicting details about your completely made up backstory. make a fursona or something

#I'll let you in on a secret -- you can be as cringe as you want if nobody knows its you #but I also think a lot of this is that people *know* being online isn't safe #and arguably never was #like. Identity fraud and doxxing are common occurrences #I would hazard almost everyone who hasn't already tied their IRL persona to their internet persona knows someone who has been doxxed #the TOOLS for doxxing have also gotten better #the methodologies have evolved #and it's hard to keep abreast of how to truly separate your identity out from your meatspace persona #because the tools will evolve to find you anyway #Like jokes about 'here's your IP' 'good luck I'm behind 7 proxies' have been around for as long as I have been online #(since I was about 10 years old)#so I think there's a palpable exhaustion to the conversation #why protect your identity if someone determined enough can find you anyway?#and the most compelling answer to me #is that behind a pseudonym you can be as cringe as you want #and being able to practice being sincere and authentic behind a constructed identity #can only help you build a sincere and authentic personhood

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