"Doxxing" is from the 90s and was used to describe a hacker unmasking another hacker so they could be arrested. That's almost exactly the same usage as here.

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Sharlin 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Semantic shift happens over time. A 2026 article is supposed to communicate to 2026, not 1996, readers.

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randomNumber7 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Germany is a bit backwards.

	▲	perlgeek an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Wut? The headline is from Krebs on Security, not from the German authorities.

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nailer 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I can't find it in the jargon file: http://catb.org/jargon/html/D.html

	▲	stackghost 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It comes from leetspeak. Identity documents -> docs -> dox