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Seems like the corporations are criminally negligent for leaking customer info. What if the best way to stop swatting was to go after them?


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.




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