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Are you arguing that it was difficult to find the responsible party, and that posting their address somehow helped that?

What possible outcome are you hoping to achieve by doing this?

Isn't this little more than a low level case of "dox"-ing someone you disagree with?




I like how these poor corporate entities are now the victims.

>Isn't this little more than a low level case of "dox"-ing someone you disagree with?

You might as well have said

>Isn't this little more than a low level case of "dox"-ing someone that hurt your feelings

But I digress. Given that various socially unacceptable activity on the internet are frequently punished by doxxing (http://racistsgettingfired.tumblr.com/), I fail to see how this is any different.

The privacy of this "company" isn't violated the same way I publish your home address. People knowing them and refusing their business isn't censorship of their free speech or their rights or whatever they were up to before. However it may induce them to be more self conscious next time they commit perjury.


This is based under the assumption that this is the correct people and OP's witchhunt hasn't turned a wrong corner. Doxxing is often discouraged by civil communities because the chance of collateral damage is too high.


So it's punishment. Got it.




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