Doxing / Doxxing

English translation: vazamento

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English term or phrase:doxing / doxxing
Selected answer:vazamento
Entered by: André Lourenço

22:57 Feb 1, 2021
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Internet, e-Commerce / question about spelling
English term or phrase: Doxing / Doxxing
Doxing, or doxxing (from "dox", abbreviation of documents), is the Internet-based practice of researching and publicly broadcasting private or identifying information.
André Lourenço
Brazil
Local time: 16:06
either
Explanation:
both spellings are acceptable and there seems to be around the same number of Ghits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing
Doxing, or doxxing

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-doxxing?r=US&IR=T

https://open.nytimes.com/how-to-dox-yourself-on-the-internet...

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Note added at 1 day 18 hrs (2021-02-03 17:01:33 GMT)
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more double x from authorititve sources so up to you to decide which you prefer

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-30/where-dox...

https://www.avast.com/c-what-is-doxxing
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 20:06
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4 +3either
Yvonne Gallagher
4Doxing
Claudia Sander


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Doxing


Explanation:
You want to know the spelling right?
Check the link below


    https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-privacy-what-is-doxing.html
Claudia Sander
Brazil
Local time: 16:06
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: Would be my preference too, but both possible.
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
doxing / doxxing
either


Explanation:
both spellings are acceptable and there seems to be around the same number of Ghits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing
Doxing, or doxxing

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-doxxing?r=US&IR=T

https://open.nytimes.com/how-to-dox-yourself-on-the-internet...

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Note added at 1 day 18 hrs (2021-02-03 17:01:33 GMT)
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more double x from authorititve sources so up to you to decide which you prefer

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-30/where-dox...

https://www.avast.com/c-what-is-doxxing

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 20:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bruno Pavesi
1 hr
  -> Many thanks:-)

agree  Harriet Johnston
10 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)

agree  Helena Chavarria: According to rules (word ending consonant + vowel + consonant) we should double the 'x' but I prefer 'doxing' as in 'boxing'. Two 'exes' together looks very strange.
16 hrs
  -> thanks Helena. I think if you were doxxed, you'd really know it for sure! No problem using it. Though w, y, x at the end of a word is not to be regarded as a consonant so rule doesn't apply. But it's widely used
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