Comment by fluoridation

>That is NOT the line for doxxing

Again, did you read my comment? I know what it means now. My point is about highlighting the change in meaning, not about obstinately denying what the word means.

>Even institutions that care about secrecy like governments state [...]

A given organization can have whatever policy it wants with regards to which documents it wants to allow to be made public. It could make all documents printed on non-yellow paper classified. That has nothing to do with the ethics of doxing.

>The reasons for this are obvious, essentially aggregated information can lead one to draw conclusions that otherwise are not obvious.

A secret is not something that's not obvious, it's a datum that's strictly controlled by the people who know it. If I can find some information about your real identity just by searching for it online then it's not a secret; you don't control that piece of information. You've given up that control by divulging the information in a public space where information often remains indefinitely.