There’s a peculiar kind of irony that’s been gnawing at me ever since I read about the recent hack targeting hundreds of DHS, ICE, and FBI officials. The headlines scream about doxing, threats to government workers, and the supposed wave of violence against law enforcement families. But buried in the details is something that deserves more attention than the performative outrage typically gets.

Let me be clear upfront: doxing—publishing private information with the intent to incite harassment or violence—is generally wrong. Full stop. It doesn’t matter who the target is. The moment you cross from whistleblowing into targeting people’s home addresses and phone numbers for harassment campaigns, you’ve ventured into ethically murky territory that I’m uncomfortable with, even when I deeply disagree with what those people do.