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Teen behind hundreds of swatting attacks pleads guilty to federal charges

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242 points LinuxBender | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 00:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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xenadu02 ◴[19 Nov 24 00:16 UTC] No.42178775[source]▶
I've made this comment before but technology could help here. If the call was tagged as landline, cell, or VoIP along with approximate location info it would help a lot.

A landline call tagged as "same town" or cell call tagged as "pinged tower near reported location" could be treated more seriously than a VoIP call from "Fly-by-night VoIP Gateway Plc".

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telgareith ◴[19 Nov 24 01:20 UTC] No.42179210[source]▶
No, just no. The solution here is to not show up guns a-blazing. The reason why swatting exists is because it seriously harms the victim.

This is no more complicated than grade school playgrounds: don't give the bully what they want.

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phendrenad2 ◴[19 Nov 24 02:50 UTC] No.42179659[source]▶
"No, just no"? Really? Do you think we're in some Realtime Strategy Game where we have to choose one option and then press "end turn"?
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1. pickledoyster ◴[19 Nov 24 10:11 UTC] No.42181816[source]▶
This is really off topic, but you are confusing real-time strategy with turn-based strategy.