[eli]

And then you'll get a warning from the police? While not ideal, that's hardly the same as a potentially fatal swatting

[marcosdumay]

Depends entirely on how the police reacts, but it could as well lead to them confiscating all of your computers and putting you in a jail.

Of course, swatting is worse. An on-demand terrorist attack by phone call is hard to top. But this one can be pretty bad too. Well, or maybe not, because it's not the starting evidence that makes it bad.

[mulmen]

It doesn't have to be fatal to be bad.