Doxxing
Doxxing is when someone posts your home address, family details, or workplace in public so others can harass or threaten you.
What this is
Doxxing is when someone takes your personal information, usually your home address, and posts it where strangers can find it. It often comes with your spouse's name, your kids' school, or your work schedule. The post itself is rarely the point; the real risk is what people do with it: harassment, vandalism, swatting, or someone coming to your home.
The information almost always comes from a data broker. People-search sites like Spokeo, Whitepages, BeenVerified, and TruePeopleSearch tie your name to your address and your relatives. Some hand the address over for free; others put it behind a cheap paid lookup. None of them ask why you want it.
Why first responders catch this more
The work creates people who hold a grudge: a defendant you arrested, a relative of someone you investigated, a patient you couldn't save. Almost none of them act. The few who do can find your house through the same broker pages anyone can search.
Doxxing pulls in your family in a way most threats don't. Brokers list your relatives on the same page as you, so someone who can't reach you can reach your spouse, your parents, or your kids instead. Removing your address means removing theirs too.
What we sweep that prevents the chain
Doxxing depends on the data being there to copy. Take your home address off the broker sites and it stops turning up in that quick lookup.
We file opt-outs across the major broker sites. Listings come back, so we keep checking and re-file when yours reappears. We do the same for your household.
It's ongoing removal across the broker pages doxxers use, not a one-time cleanup.
If you've already been doxxed, see the doxxing recovery checklist for what to do, in order.