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   Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 07:01:10 JST Ars Technica

   Cops arrest 17-year-old suspected of hundreds of swattings nationwide

   Police traced swatting calls to teen’s home IP addresses.

   https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/cops-arrest-17-year-old-suspected-of-hundreds-of-swattings-nationwide/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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     scetron (scetron@techhub.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 07:02:24 JST scetron

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     @arstechnica swatting is a pretty heinous problem. However, why should it be dangerous for law enforcement to respond to a situation? Why don’t we also address that point?