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Teen behind hundreds of swatting attacks pleads guilty to federal charges

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242 points LinuxBender | 3 comments | 18 Nov 24 00:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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ToucanLoucan ◴[18 Nov 24 01:04 UTC] No.42168777[source]▶
Okay so like, genuinely not trying to do a "back in my day" fuckin thing here, but also: what the fuck is wrong with kids? Back when I was coming up, pranking at it's absolute worst was like, filling a dudes shoes with yogurt in the locker room, or like, putting plastic bugs in people's desks n shit. Why the fuck are teenagers trying to get each other murdered by cops!?
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1. Palomides ◴[18 Nov 24 01:33 UTC] No.42168954[source]▶
swatting is older than I am, and kids have been calling in bomb threats to get out of school for the better part of a century
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2. kodt ◴[18 Nov 24 01:42 UTC] No.42168993[source]▶
Swatting and bomb threats are different things. The rise of live steaming also seemed to encourage swatting as you could see the results live.
3. sowbug ◴[18 Nov 24 02:12 UTC] No.42169117[source]▶
Pulling the fire alarm, too. Given how many times this happened at my high school, I'm sure that at least one person in the US has died because first responders were at a false alarm rather than available to help them.