I guess it's a bigger problem for celebrities or for those who are targeted. But even then, the police are there. Just call them.
I'm trying to understand the other side of this.
The psychological effect of having someone treat you like an object, repeatedly hunt you down after moves, and gaslight you/landlords/cops into believing it’s not happening is harmful as it is—let alone the not-so-unlikely chance that someone with this high degree of intelligence and mental health issues will physically hurt you if they find you.
There’s not much you can do besides a paper restraining order. By the time the cops come it’s too late.
This possibility is a very real part of many people’s lives, but maybe less talked about with men like me because statistically female victims are more common.
The cops don't have a specific obligation to "come" to help you. Nor to enforce a restraining order.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Castle_Rock_v._Gonzale...
Everyone should read those two Wiki entries. The law often isn't what people think it is.
OTOH if someone breaks into your house and you smoke 'em, then in most states you're in the clear, even without a restraining order.
I know that's not what most people here want to read, but it is "the law of the land" in terms of legal precedent.
For example, T-Mobile and Verizon vulnerabilities are used to SIM swap and get around 2FA on instagram or twitter. Usually, they first try to find an employee who works at the store and has access to the database, before going through all the trouble of finding a vuln.
This has been an “underground” space for quite some time, but is slowly coming to light.
Source: I use to be in this space and made so much money off original usernames. To give you an idea of what a username goes for, I sold the Instagram @b*ss for $20,000.
Police can't be there to intercept the metaphorical brick through your window. The reason why we feel safe walking outside everyday is because of the fabric of trust in our community.
Uh, isn't that the exact problem? Once someone knows your address you're a voip call away from swatting.
We could just stop having SWAT teams. The events that supposedly justify them are so exceedingly rare that most members of SWAT teams go their entire careers without ever seeing one. But once they exist they get used for all kinds of routine operations that don't actually require them, where all they do is raise tensions and unnecessarily escalate matters.
There is a reason there is supposed to be a hard wall between the police and the military. If you really need a military presence, the governor can call in the National Guard. But when does that happen? Even they mostly end up getting called in for hurricane relief and that sort of thing.
(1) Have the IP address return the right location
(2) Not have duplicate street names in that location
(3) Have a single digit address OR be the only home starting with that number
That's going to be a pretty rare combo. Probably less than 1%.
- a select few with good reasons to avoid their address being widely known. Because stalkers etc.
- All those infsec bros with their "attack vectors" and their "threat landscape". They'll scream "security by obscurity" when you're using an unlisted URL to share holiday photos, but get really miffed if someone finds out where they live, or where they go running.
Person A and Person B are getting hot and bothered about something stupid. Person A says "come at me bro, here's my address." Person A gave Person B Person C's address instead.
Person B swatted Person C. Person C had no idea what was going on, went outside, maybe panicked, maybe whatever, but Person C was shot and killed because SWAT had no idea.
I believe A and B were arrested, but usually the cops don't get lucky. They couldn't find the idiot who tried swatting me, but they don't exactly have a ton of resources either.
Shit's scary, especially since it can happen anytime.