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[–]Feather 11 insightful - 6 fun11 insightful - 5 fun12 insightful - 6 fun -  (4 children)

Thanks.

This is really true.

One example: depending on how dedicated the doxxer is, even talking about the weather where you live too often isn't safe because it eliminates all areas where the weather didn't match what you described on a given day.

By the way, today where I live it's raining chocolate sprinkles and the temperature is negative one billion degrees Kelvin. Humidity is the square root of two.

[–]anonymale[S] 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My SO was stalked by a man she'd dated for a few months decades ago. Motivated by some sort of midlife crisis he worked out which (small) town she lived in from social media posts and then created reasons to be in that town often, despite living a hundred miles away with his wife, and not owning a car.

He then worked out which building she lived in, either by loitering until he spotted her and/or by looking at background details of photos she'd posted (she was careful not to post photos identifying her location directly). She's still not sure which.

The first she knew of it was when he appeared at her building's street door with an armful of gifts. Cops were informed and handed him an official harassment warning. He's not tried anything since, but he still sometimes posts drawings of her on his social media, so she has to watch him. Luckily he is a pitiful narcissist, so supplies her with plenty of info.

[–]threefingersam 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah I agree. Location can also be deduced by talking about birds and other wildlife (some are native/endemic to certain countries). Discussing food and where you buy particular brands also gives such clues.

[–]Feather 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

At least we can all talk about the crumple-horned snorkacks outside our windows since they're everywhere.