Don't ask AI to find personal info on real people

AI can sometimes pull together public info about a person fast — name, school, parents, address. Doing this to harass, threaten, or 'expose' someone is called doxxing, and it gets people hurt in real life. It's also a crime in many places.

Some examples

• Asking AI to 'find where this Instagram user lives' is doxxing.
• Compiling info on a teacher you don't like is doxxing.
• Sharing a person's school + schedule online is doxxing.
• Even if the info is technically public, weaponizing it is the crime.

Try it!

If you've ever felt curious to 'investigate' someone with AI, ask yourself: what would this person feel if they knew? That's your answer.

Doxxing is when someone digs up your real address, school, or family info and posts it. AI is now used by both doxxers and defenders. Learn to OSINT yourself before someone else does.

How to use it

• Ask AI for a list of people-search sites to opt out of
• Reverse-image search your profile pics with help from AI
• Ask AI to draft opt-out emails to data brokers
• Set Google alerts on your full name and old usernames

Try it

Spend 30 minutes self-doxxing with AI's help. Make a list of every leak and start working through opt-outs.

A bully with $30 and PimEyes can find every photo of your face on the public web in 90 seconds. Knowing how the tools work is how you defend against them.

Some examples

• PimEyes scrapes Instagram, even private accounts, via screenshots
• Combine face hits with Snapchat Snap Map = home address
• Removing yourself takes a paid PimEyes opt-out, $30/year
• Watermarks confuse the model — adding text over your face cuts hits

Try it!

Run yourself through PimEyes' free preview right now. If it finds you, file the opt-out form before someone else uses it.

Perplexity and ChatGPT search can now correlate your school photo, gamer tag, and parents' address in one query. Doxxers use the same tools. The 30-minute scrub list cuts 80% of what they find.

Some examples

• Ask Perplexity 'what can you find about [your username]' and read the answer with your stomach.
• Ask Claude for the 10 data-broker opt-out URLs that actually work in 2026.
• Ask ChatGPT to write the email template for removing your photo from a school news site.
• Ask Gemini how to set up Google's Results About You tool in five clicks.

Try it!

Run yourself through Perplexity right now. Pick the scariest result and submit one removal request before you close this lesson.