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I don't think "swatting" is a common enough term to assume that everyone knows what it means. I certainly didn't.
by gregory144 13y ago
I don't think "swatting" is a common enough term to assume that everyone knows what it means. I certainly didn't.
- paulhauggis 13y agoexactly. How of often does it actually happen?
- lbotos 13y agoI don't have stats for you, but it's been written about before: http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/23/4253014/swatting-911-prank-wont-stop-hackers-celebrities http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/23/4253014/swatting-911-prank... also: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/september/the-crime-of-swatting-fake-9-1-1-calls-have-real-consequences/the-crime-of-swatting-fake-9-1-1-calls-have-real-consequences http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/september/the-crime-of-... Seem's to be a relatively new thing in the ever-escalating war for the "lulz"...
- tinco 13y agoIIRC, the term swatting stems from the eighties, perhaps even earlier by phreakers and such. It could be that it's more popular now, since there are more hackers/douchebags on the internet now than there were then.