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The FBI has formed a national database to track and prevent 'swatting' (www.nbcnews.com)

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Advances in technology allow callers to mask their voices, phone numbers or IP addresses (also called “spoofing”) or make their false 911 calls sound more credible.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, and the solution is to create an entirely new tracking database/registry, thus extending power even further. So backwards.

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