richbell 23 hours ago

> This Krebs guy is a doxxer through and through, I wouldn't take anything that he writes down as being serious.

Can you explain your definition of "doxxing" and why you believe that means nothing he writes is serious?

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mtlynch 18 hours ago

I'm overall a fan of Krebs' work, but he has done some questionable things to reveal people's identities that feel more like immature spite, sometimes outside the context of any crime he's accusing the person of committing:

https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/86867-infosec-r...

zrobotics 6 hours ago

Wow, thanks for posting that. My view of Krebs just got way more negative, I'll definitely be taking stuff I read from him with a very big grain of salt from now on.

richbell 15 hours ago

Thanks for sharing context. That definitely reflects poorly on him and hurts his credibility.

When I read "an investigative journalist is publishing information alleging criminal activity" my reaction was "so what?" What you linked is not that.

paganel 23 hours ago

> Can you explain your definition of "doxxing"

Revealing people names and addresses and implying that they have done something illegal, while the person doing that (this Krebs guy) does not represent the Law/the relevant authorities. See the Boston bombings debacle on this very website.

> why you believe that means nothing he writes is serious?

See the Boston bombings debacle on this very website.

richbell 22 hours ago

> See the Boston bombings debacle on this very website.

I'm familiar. I don't see the relevance considering that the linked article does not reveal anyone's names or addresses.

paganel 21 hours ago

He did that in the past.

richbell 19 hours ago

Falsely?