Playbook · 9 min read

Doxxing prevention: keep your home address off the internet

Doxxing — publishing someone's private information to harass or intimidate them — almost always starts with a home address pulled from a broker site.

Where your address leaks from

People-search sites, property records, voter files, and old account sign-ups all expose where you live. A determined person can assemble your address in minutes if it's been indexed.

Lockdown checklist

Reduce your exposure with these steps:

Remove your address from data broker and people-search sites.
Use a mail-forwarding or virtual address for sign-ups when possible.
Keep your real address out of social media and public profiles.
Set up alerts so you know if your address reappears online.

Stay removed

Addresses re-surface as records refresh, so a single cleanup won't hold. Ongoing monitoring and re-removal keep your location private over time.

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