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Comment by junto

1 day ago

Am I missing a joke here with the name choice?

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/07/world/what-is-doxxing-exp...

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junto

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kbouck  1 day ago

From the FAQ:

> Why is the project called doxxer? Because it's like somebody who doxes, by exposing the version information about Git repo to you!

  • netsharc  1 day ago

    What a moronically fucking stupid name, and reasoning. Should I rename "ls" to "doxdir", it exposes the contents of a directory after all!

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