Reporting From the Web’s Underbelly
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Reporting From the Web’s Underbelly
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#2>called a SWAT team to his home just as his mother was arriving for dinner.
As far as pranks go thats actually pretty good. Better than 4chan's pizzas.
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#3>called a SWAT team to his home just as his mother was arriving for dinner. As far as pranks go thats actually pretty good. Better than 4chan's pizzas.
hardly a prank. what if they shot him.
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#4>called a SWAT team to his home just as his mother was arriving for dinner. As far as pranks go thats actually pretty good. Better than 4chan's pizzas.
Given the current state of policing in the US swatting someone has a non-zero chance of getting someone severally beaten, tazered, tear gassed, or just shot. I don't know of any deaths, but there have been some really close calls reported in the press and and injury plus property damage. I don't think that really qualifies as a good prank, more of a harassment/endangerment tactic.
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#5Great article. Reminded me how amazing it is to explore a "world" online. Often, a world you never knew existed.
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#6>called a SWAT team to his home just as his mother was arriving for dinner. As far as pranks go thats actually pretty good. Better than 4chan's pizzas.
Well, it's effective, but it's certainly not good. It wastes police resources, can result in your door being kicked down (they don't compensate for repairs), your dogs could be shot, you could be tazed or shot, etc.
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#7>called a SWAT team to his home just as his mother was arriving for dinner. As far as pranks go thats actually pretty good. Better than 4chan's pizzas.
Given the current state of policing in the US swatting someone has a non-zero chance of getting someone severally beaten, tazered, tear gassed, or just shot. I don't know of any deaths, but there have been some really close calls reported in the press and and injury plus property damage. I don't think that really qualifies as a good prank, more of a harassment/endangerment tactic.
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#9>called a SWAT team to his home just as his mother was arriving for dinner. As far as pranks go thats actually pretty good. Better than 4chan's pizzas.
Given the current state of policing in the US swatting someone has a non-zero chance of getting someone severally beaten, tazered, tear gassed, or just shot. I don't know of any deaths, but there have been some really close calls reported in the press and and injury plus property damage. I don't think that really qualifies as a good prank, more of a harassment/endangerment tactic.
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#10>called a SWAT team to his home just as his mother was arriving for dinner. As far as pranks go thats actually pretty good. Better than 4chan's pizzas.
Well, it's effective , but it's certainly not good. It wastes police resources, can result in your door being kicked down (they don't compensate for repairs), your dogs could be shot, you could be tazed or shot, etc.