system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Eli5: Doxxing

I understand what happens, personal information is gathered and released in an effort to effectively blackmail that person, but, how does that information gathering work? How do you get the information? (I swear I'm not planning on doxxing someone, sketch as hell I know)
gpt
You just go look at what the person has posted before. Maybe they mentioned their school in one post, where they lived in another, their mom's name in another. You find their other social media profiles, get more information about them.

The whole point of doxxing (vs. "hacking") is that you just do it by looking at public stuff. It requires no computer skill or knowledge. Anyone can do it with enough time and motivation.

And that's why you shouldn't post real life details on the internet.