COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
ETHICS IN COMPUTING
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Question
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____is publishing the private contact information of one’s political opponents online.
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Doxing
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Cyberloafing
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Hacktivism
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Ethics
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -According to the International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication, doxxing is the intentional revelation of a person’s private information online without their consent, often with malicious intent.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is doxxing? The word comes from “docs, ‘’ the abbreviation of “documents.” In the hacker culture of the early 1990s, “dropping dox” on someone–putting their private data online in a publicly accessible file–was often a means of revenge. Eventually the noun became a verb too.
Detailed explanation-3: -trolling. (redirected from doxing)
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