It might sound unlikely, but a North American casino experienced a significant data breach when 10 gigabytes of sensitive data was stolen through a seemingly harmless internet-connected fish tank monitor.
Let's talk about what doxing is, how it can spiral into real-life problems, and what you can do to protect yourself.
When everyone uses the same login, it becomes impossible to track who did what. Was it Sarah who deleted that folder, or James, or someone pretending to be one of them?
When you upload a file to a converter website, that document leaves your computer and travels to someone else's server. It needs to be processed into a new format, and that happens at their end. The problem is that once your file is on someone else's system, you've lost control over it.