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minus-squareBoycottTwitter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·4 days agoIt’s not possible to “doxx” federal agents. They are not secret agents, they are people who we the taxpayers paid for and their names are either public record or if they are not public record really ought to be.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 days agoIt’s possible to doxx the agents committing crimes though. You don’t know who they are with their masks on when they commit the crimes. And well, that should be expected unless you want them to get away with crimes, in which case the criminality just goes up the chain.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoNope. Doxxing is revealing private data to the public. Their identity are public, they’re just choosing to obscure them
It’s not possible to “doxx” federal agents. They are not secret agents, they are people who we the taxpayers paid for and their names are either public record or if they are not public record really ought to be.
It’s possible to doxx the agents committing crimes though. You don’t know who they are with their masks on when they commit the crimes.
And well, that should be expected unless you want them to get away with crimes, in which case the criminality just goes up the chain.
Nope. Doxxing is revealing private data to the public. Their identity are public, they’re just choosing to obscure them
Ah, that makes sense.