{"id":9836,"date":"2023-10-31T03:15:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/how-to-dig-up-dirt-about-yourself-online\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T03:15:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:45:33","slug":"how-to-dig-up-dirt-about-yourself-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/how-to-dig-up-dirt-about-yourself-online\/","title":{"rendered":"How to dig up dirt about yourself online"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You know by now you should keep the private things in life off the internet. Your middle name, job, city, pet’s name, the school you went to, your spouse\u2019s name, the ages of your kids, your shoe size \u2014 the details a scammer or hacker would love to have.<\/p>\n

A popular new TikTokker is proving most of us are a lot worse at this than we assumed. Let\u2019s take a closer look at “consensual doxxing” and how you can dig up everything out there online about yourself.<\/p>\n

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She has it down to an art<\/strong><\/p>\n

TikTokker Kristen Sotakoun has become an overnight viral sensation, going from 30 followers to 1.1 million<\/i>, for what she calls “consensual doxxing.”\u00a0 In her first viral video, Kristen unearthed a guy’s identity from a cartoon avatar and a pair of glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In another, she used only a TikTok business username to track down its owner, winding her way from a car forum to a 2014 blog to online records of his journey to donate an organ. (She found the actual paperwork!)<\/p>\n

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Think your accounts are locked up like Fort Knox? Nope.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kristen says she\u2019s cracked about 70% to 80% of her “cases,” and all she’s using are the social media crumbs people leave behind \u2014 no deep dives into public records or sketchy databases.<\/p>\n

If she can do it, anyone can. I\u2019ll show you some tricks of the trade.<\/p>\n

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Hit the basics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Google is the easiest place to begin your search. Enter your full name in quotation marks, like “Bobby Smith.” There are plenty of Bobby Smiths out there, so you\u2019ll want to narrow your search using other information, such as what city you live in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check social media<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do this from your browser in incognito mode or log out of your accounts to see what others might find. Remember, though, many people don\u2019t use their real names online. If you find one of your online aliases in your Google search, know that others will too \u2014 and might pop that into Instagram, Pinterest or another site.<\/p>\n

And if you have a LinkedIn, I will bet you use your real name there. Is your city included? All your past jobs? I thought so.<\/p>\n

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Your house is online, too<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t mean Zillow. Anyone can look up your address on a county\u2019s assessor site. These government-run sites use data from assessors to estimate the value of real property within a county, city, town or village.<\/p>\n

You can find out the value of the property, its size and the owner\u2019s name. Not all assessor sites provide the same information, but you can often find the owner\u2019s signature and listings of other properties they own.<\/p>\n

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A picture is worth a thousand words<\/strong><\/p>\n

Words and profiles are one thing, but what about pictures of you? All these sites are worth checking to see what pops up.<\/p>\n

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  • Pimeyes:<\/strong> This site allows you to upload an image of yourself (or anyone) to find that image across the internet. This is particularly useful for tracking down where your photos appear online.<\/li>\n
  • TinEye:<\/strong> Another excellent reverse image search tool.<\/li>\n
  • Yandex Images:<\/strong> This is the image search side of Yandex, Russia’s largest search engine. It allows you to perform reverse image searches and find similar photos online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    You might want to start thinking of your digital footprint as unique to you but easily lifted if you’re not careful.<\/p>\n

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