Damon McCoy, Assistant Professor, Sat on FTC Information Injury Workshop

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Professor McCoy described his research with doxing, which is the public release of people’s information and other methods of social engineering that collect personal information. His research indicates that the use of this data can be innocuous or harmful if it is used for extortion or other stalking purposes.