Hmm, this is the part that seems weakest to me. Sure, you could find out his name if you wanted. That's not the same as having a major news org broadcast it. This was a serious enough concern that he changed jobs. I agree "doxxing" is an elastic term, but not a good look, no?
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Obviously it wasn't that public, given that he hadn't previously had to completely rearrange his life. And, in the end, what was the point? His name was totally irrelevant to the piece.
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The difference is push vs pull. His patients had no reason to google "ssc real name." But they may well be reading the NYT. Lots of stuff that is public record shouldn't be in the news; we talk about that all the time in other contexts.
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I got interviewed by Cade and spent an hour explaining his. It’s not the same. “I already read the blog”->real name is ~irrelevant. Google real name-> blog->career ending for a psychiatrist. I have many dissident friends in the same position. Needs to be a high high bar to do it.
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NYT is basically going to outmuscle to the top every possible Google rank configuration. I immediately checked. Blog name -> real name was on page 8 of Google for SA->SS. Can have a life and a career. There must be high public interest to do that—his opsec was sloppy is not that.
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Wasn’t very aware of blog tbh but I care a lot about this because as policy “we don’t respect pseudonyms” or “your opsec was sloppy” or “we could already find your name from your blog” are not good reasons. The number of dissident friends I have in that position is not a small.
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