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by code-faster 859 days ago
Seems like the corporations are criminally negligent for leaking customer info. What if the best way to stop swatting was to go after them?
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Shouldn't we go after the people actually committing the crime? Swatting does not occur because of corporations. It occurs because a few people abuse the emergency response system. The fix is to punish people who abuse the system. Preferably with long jail sentences.
Let's do both. There's two crimes:

1 - Giving away info without consent

2 - The crime of abusing police resources.

I'd argue the police are also depriving people of rights, a third crime.