👂 wash behind your e-ears!: digital hygiene and staying safe online

today, we're going to talk about privacy, security and maintaining digital hygiene (also known as privacy hygiene or online privacy and safety).

this guide isn't comprehensive and is mostly to give folks an idea of exactly how doxxing works, who does it and how to mitigate damage that is caused by it in the event that this happens to you or someone you know. this is also to clear up some misconceptions around it, as it is boogeyman'd into seeming a lot more serious than it is in a lot of cases.

this is not going to be victim blaming anyone who has been doxxed in the past, but moreso to give power back to the average user and give you ways to protect yourself preemptively. being online is kind of like driving: way too many folks do it when they outta learn how to do it properly first, and the safest driver is a defensive driver!

with this disclaimer in place, let's start off with some background info about doxxing.

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