How about you get past the tired buzzwords like mental gymnastics , first of all . What could doxing even be , when your definition of it flies in the face of actual doxing ? Do you have to have the Mossad break into their computer and hack their records ? Or maybe , just maybe , there ' s the slimmest chance that you ' re just making excuses for this particular group because you agree with them . I guess not though , since you ' ve demonstrated such a comprehensive knowledge of what doxing is . And since you obviously won ' t believe me , here ' s WikipediaDoxing is a neologism that has evolved over its brief history . It comes from a spelling alteration of the abbreviation docs for documents and refers to compiling and releasing a dossier of personal information on someone . Essentially , doxing is openly revealing and publicizing records of an individual , which were previously private or difficult to obtain . Do you often stumble across dossiers of feminist group members when getting angry at them over the internet ? Because if not then I ' d say they ' re difficult enough for those who would otherwise have been casually involved to see .