When the hell did this become a thing?

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/02/gamer-gets-swatted-while-streaming-before-60000-viewers/

2/6/2015 5:14:22 PM

This happened to that one annoying ass league of legends streamer. The best twitch pranks are sending people pizza. Its all about those courteous invasions of privacy

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2/6/2015 5:16:13 PM

60k people willingly watch a video game

2/6/2015 5:17:22 PM

60k people willingly watch american idol
60k people willingly watch the hills
60k people willingly watch teen mom
60k people willingly watch fox news
60k people willingly watch the superbowl
6k people willingly watch dota
60k people willingly watch porn
60k people willingly watch joel osteen

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2/6/2015 5:19:35 PM

< 60k people willingly surf TWW

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2/6/2015 5:29:14 PM

2/6/2015 5:54:51 PM

60k people willingly watch your mom

2/6/2015 7:37:03 PM

assholes who pull such a 'prank' need to be sent to jail, no questions asked, for a year.

a judge needs to set a precedent. then we can see how many of those cowards dare do it.

2/9/2015 3:26:13 PM

I think i know what it is...but i read the whole damn article waiting to get an explanation. didnt get one.

2/9/2015 3:35:27 PM

http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/8/8002337/video-game-swatter-faces-five-years-in-prison-additional-charges

Swatting is where Person A spoofs an emergency call to make it look like a crisis situation is occurring at Person B's residence, thereby eliciting a SWAT team raid. Usually both people are online gamers, and Person B is streaming on Twitch. The goal is to get the raid to occur while the gamer is streaming live.

It's also been done to bloggers, politicians, activists, and celebrities.

The Swatter uses online and 3rd party tools to fool the 911 system into thinking the call is originating from the victims house, making it difficult to find the Swatter and beat the ever loving shit out of them arrest them.

2/10/2015 11:50:02 AM