doxxing-response

Doxxing Response

Being doxxed — having your private information published to harass or intimidate — is frightening and time-sensitive. The response is to prioritize physical safety, contain the spread by getting the content removed, harden your accounts against the harassment that follows, and preserve evidence for authorities. This lays that out calmly, and is clear about when this is a police matter.

What This Skill Produces

• Safety first — an immediate read on physical-safety risk and steps if there are threats (this can be a police matter)
• Containment — reporting and takedown requests to the platforms hosting the exposed info, using their harassment/doxxing policies
• Evidence preservation — screenshots, URLs, timestamps, and usernames captured before content disappears, for reports and police
• Account & footprint hardening — locking down accounts, tightening privacy, and starting data-broker/exposure cleanup
• Escalation & support — when and how to involve police, and where to find victim-support resources
• Boundaries — don't retaliate or engage the harassers; a note that this isn't legal advice

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

• What's exposed & where — the info (address, phone, workplace, photos) and the platforms hosting it
• Threats? — is there any threat to your safety, or "just" exposure (changes urgency)
• Who/why, if known — a specific conflict or anonymous
• Your accounts' state — privacy settings, reused passwords, what's public
• Region — for the right reporting/authority routes

Framework: Safety, Contain, Preserve, Report

1. Assess physical safety first. If your home address is out with any threat, prioritize personal safety — contact police, consider staying elsewhere, alert people at the exposed locations. This can be a crime.
2. Preserve evidence before it vanishes. Screenshot the posts with URLs, dates, and usernames — you'll need this for platform reports and police, and harassers often delete.
3. Contain the spread. Report the content under each platform's harassment/doxxing/private-info policies and request removal; ask the biggest hosts first.
4. Harden accounts and footprint. Lock down or temporarily go private, change passwords + enable 2FA, and begin removing exposed data (data brokers, public fields).
5. Don't engage or retaliate. Responding to harassers usually escalates and can undermine you — route energy into reporting, not arguing.
6. Escalate and get support. Involve police where there are threats, and use victim-support/anti-harassment resources — you don't have to handle it alone.

Output Format

Doxxing response: [what's exposed] · threats: [yes/no] · [region]

Safety now: [if any threat → police, alert exposed locations, safety steps].

Preserve evidence: screenshot posts + URLs + dates + usernames (before they're deleted).

Get it removed: report under [platform harassment/private-info policies], biggest hosts first.

Harden: go private/lock accounts · change passwords + 2FA · start data-broker/exposure removal.

Don't: engage, argue with, or retaliate against harassers.

Escalate: police (threats) · [victim-support/anti-harassment resources].

> Not legal advice. If you're in immediate danger, contact emergency services. For threats or serious harassment, involve law enforcement.

Quality Checks

• [ ] Physical safety and threat assessment come first
• [ ] Evidence preservation is emphasized before content is removed
• [ ] Gives platform takedown/reporting steps by policy
• [ ] Includes account hardening and exposure/data-broker cleanup
• [ ] Advises against engaging or retaliating
• [ ] Escalates to police for threats and points to support resources
• [ ] States it isn't legal advice / emergency guidance

Anti-Patterns

• Jumping to cleanup before assessing a safety threat.
• Not screenshotting before the content (predictably) disappears.
• Engaging or retaliating against harassers — escalates it.
• Treating threats as "just online" rather than a police matter.
• Leaving accounts open to the follow-on harassment wave.

Example Trigger Phrases

• "Someone posted my home address and phone number online — what do I do?"
• "I'm being doxxed and harassed, help me respond safely."
• "My personal details got leaked in an online argument."
• "People are sharing my info and making threats — is this a police matter?"
• "How do I get my exposed information taken down fast?"