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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: 0.2s | 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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1. 20after4 ◴[20 Nov 24 23:58 UTC] No.42199490[source]▶
The phone system is sufficiently easy to spoof this kind of info, even if the dispatch does receive it (which they probably already do) it doesn't mean that the origin is reliably accurate. Furthermore, there is no way to be sure that police actually pay attention to the signals they have available.

They like opportunities to play with their tech toys and rough up some "suspects." A compelling story about someone in distress is the perfect excuse, whether the message comes in via VOIP, TOR or 4chan.