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by tomodachi94 1172 days ago
In certain circles, there's always a risk of swatting[1].

If you're anonymous online and your physical address is leaked, that could lead to doxxing[2] that could eventually lead to the aforementioned swatting.

N.b. Swatting is mostly a US thing.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting

[2]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing