Question of the Day #179

"So What the Hell Is Doxxing?"
From the headline of this article at ProPublica.

上記の文で、doxxing/doxing の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "doxxing/doxing" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


ドキシング◆他人の個人情報をインターネット上にさらす行為

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

slang :to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge

Etymology/語源

Merriam-Websterによると、

初めて使用されたのが、2009年

また、The Atlanticによると、


doxingという単語は、documentsの省略形で、匿名の人の正体を知るためには、公的・私的書類(documents)が使われることに由来する。

According to Merriam-Webster:

First Known Use: 2009

Also, according to this article at The Atlantic:

"Doxing" derives—according to Know Your Meme, which knows of such things—from the word "docs." It refers to the fact that, often, it is documents (public or not) that lead to a formerly anonymous person's identity being revealed. 

Examples

• On general principles, I support Internet anonymity and look askance at people's efforts to “out” or “dox” anonymous Web commenters whose views they disagree with, much less for simple sport. —Damon Poeter, PC Magazine,  15 Oct. 2012
• This isn't the first time the LAPD has been doxxed. In 2011, a group affiliated with the online hackers Anonymous claimed responsibility for posting personal information of more than 40 officers, including their home addresses, campaign contributions, property records, and names of family members after they claimed the LAPD oppressed them by shutting down the Occupy L.A. Movement. —Christine Pelisek,  The Daily Beast,  13 Mar. 2013
• … “doxxing”—the term used for the troll harassment technique of finding and then posting a user's sensitive personal information, including addresses, phone numbers, and even Social Security numbers. —Harry Bruinius,  The Christian Science Monitor,  5 Feb. 2015
• Victims of careless ‘dox’ attempts say the consequences are miserable.
• It is even worse when online actors “dox”—or publicly release the private information of—the incorrect person.