Linux kernel contributor swatted and handcuffed live on stream [video]
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In the video description, apparently it happened in Germany. The streamer posted that he is leaving Germany, as they dont feel safe anymore.
Never was a good idea, but here we are.
Considering that anyone could do this again at any time, “this is obviously some strange usage of the word safe that I wasn’t previously aware of.”
> though they likely won't feel totally safe for quite some time.
Quite a well-founded feeling, I would say.
It's unfortunately common, and most PD's also don't have any way or system in place for you to inform them that this is likely to happen ahead of time. In fact there are people who get SWAT'd multiple times a week, and the PD shows up every time all gung ho. In one case I know of, the police started threatening to charge the victim for all the false calls.
But yeah. Someone can just call the police on you and they come and arrest you.
Doesn't even have to be credible. Working as a paramedic, I saw first hand several SWATings that were the furthest thing from credible:
"I'm standing in front of the house and they have a family lined up and kneeling with their hands on their heads and men in balaclavas standing behind them with guns, upstairs" (the house in question is one story). "What color is the house?" "Brown" (it's actually blue). How do you see people kneeling in the middle of a room upstairs from the street - what, do they have the lights on, and all the curtains and blinds open? And that sounds more like "something I saw on a movie once".
While it is finding humor in a horrible situation, a Rust joke is not attacking race, creed, gender, etc as is so common from the internet dregs.
Edit: the above has now been edited to note slurs which was not previously present. At the time the quoted joke was only “Rust devs did it”
I know it isn't worded that way and you didn't mean it that way but if you look at the stats it technically is https://blog.rust-lang.org/images/2024-02-rust-survey-2023/w...
If 1/3 of people have a trait, you'll get a good sense it's common after asking 300 people, even if the total population is a million. Surveying more gives diminishing returns as the result quickly converges on the real proportion.
The real problem with all surveys is the sampling isn't truly random, which skews results.
If I say "murderers suck", and 85% of murderers happen to be men, am I "attacking" men as a group?
No, but what's disgusting is that both sides of the argument will come up with different reasons why it's not.
For starters, I don't see "I don't consider myself a member of a minority or under represented group".
The percentage is greater but few will admit to it.
Even if you only compare with the 18-29 demographic, where the prevalence is higher at 5.6%, it's still 6x as high in the Rust community.
Also, everyone should know if you have some type of online exposure or receive threats you should be able to contact you local law enforcement, inform them of the situation, and warn them someone might try to have you SWAT'd. I couldn't guarantee all police would respect a heads-up call but I've heard it has worked for many in the past.
His stream from 2 weeks ago does not appear Rust-positive:
¡ The Rust & Cargo ecosystem is so BROKEN, even Debian AGREES it is IMPOSSIBLE to maintain STABLE ?
I'd say its the language most likely, right now, to attract the "opinionated" people who cannot tolerate any difference of opinion, and think that SWAT raids are a valid means of addressing disagreements.
I believe they call that the "paradox of tolerance."