I have my first name (a very common Asian name) as username in Yahoo, GitHub & few other places. I have received hundreds of password reset request on average every week. I was given a special contact request by instagram & github to reset my password if that ever arose. My password recovery is "semi lockdown" mode - someone can initiate it, but I won't be bugged everytime. That was very kind of the tech support to find this alternative solution.
'I want your Instagram account': a deadly campaign over coveted handles
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I think one of the issues is spoofing numbers is still not prevented by the miserable US telecoms. That allows these people to spoof calls and swat the target, worst case.
Spoofing calls has literally nothing to do with swatting. The cops do not care which number the call comes from.
You’re kidding right? I can’t call the cops from my phone and say I’m XYZ and have killed my girlfriend and am going to kill more people. Literally TFA
“ The police quickly traced the 415 number and determined that it belonged to Chris Eberle, a midlevel Netflix executive. When calls to the number went unanswered, the police descended in force. ”
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Spoofing calls has literally nothing to do with swatting. The cops do not care which number the call comes from.
You’re kidding right? I can’t call the cops from my phone and say I’m XYZ and have killed my girlfriend and am going to kill more people. Literally TFA “ The police quickly traced the 415 number and determined that it belonged to Chris Eberle, a midlevel Netflix executive. When calls to the number went unanswered, the police descended in force. ”
I’m not kidding. You’re putting way too much faith in the article, most swatting calls are not spoofed.
> I can’t call the cops from my phone and say I’m XYZ and have killed my girlfriend and am going to kill more people
You totally can. You think the cops won’t show up with force if they get a call from a voip number or prepaid sim? They will.
I’d argue that spoofing the victims number is in fact more likely to result in an unsuccessful swat, as the cops might end up calling you back and reaching the target.
Fuck, kids have been swatting each other using TTS relays since at least the early 2000s.