Comments on: SWATting the Ericksons

By: evilbloggerlady

evilbloggerlady — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:26:23 +0000

Sunlight remains the best disinfectant for Kimberlin and his ilk...

By: rosegrower

rosegrower — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:25:37 +0000

Back in the dinosaur days, the FCC had some jurisdiction over telephone communications. Every telephone book had “rules” for telephone usage posted, and using the telephone to harass or stalk someone was clearly a violation of FCC policy. I can’t believe that adopting a false telephonic identity and calling 911 with a false report isn’t something that’s covered by the Fed’s rules, unless those rules haven’t been updated since Alexander Graham Bell walked the earth.

By: rosegrower

rosegrower — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:22:42 +0000

Considering what a sociopath Kimberlin is, I suspect that was his intent. It would be “homicide by cop” based on the false report. Despite this “prank” being a “low-level misdemeanor” I would still like to see an arrest made. Having even a misdemeanor charge against a known felon can’t be good.

By: rosegrower

rosegrower — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:16:33 +0000

I’m sure you can answer that question yourself. The media???? Really????? I’ll expect Baghdad Bob to report this on Al Jezeerah before I’d ever expect one of the news readers on ABC, NBC, CBS or even the as-of-late castrated FOX to report this or mention Kimberlin and his associations with the Obama administration. We have no journalists any more, merely readers and propagandists for the left.

By: littlehouse18

littlehouse18 — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:02:44 +0000

By: Dave_A

Dave_A — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:31:55 +0000

The number of people who have open wifi, plus the number of business establishments that provide it with a strong enough signal to use from a parking-lot, makes investigating those sorts of things rather difficult… Or the person who’s still using WEP and thinks they’re secure (WEP encryption flat out does not work. On an active network, it can usually be cracked in less than an hour).

Eg, they’ll trace an internet spoof to McD’s parking lot, or to some guy who’s router is set to factory defaults & broadcasts a signal strong enough to be picked up from the road…

PSA to everyone here AND your families, friends, etc – SECURE YOUR WI-FI ROUTERS, WITH WPA OR WPA2.

By: earlgrey

earlgrey — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:26:35 +0000

are making progress–culturally), we get beaten back by an even larger force.

These tactics jeopradize EVERYONE in the community. Tying up police officers on a hoax can leave those resources unavailable for people that actually need them. It is a public safety issue as well as a malicious attempt to terrorize the victims.

WHat frustrates me the most (I am selfish enough to say) is that no one in the media cares. No one outside conservative blogosphere seems to care.

By: Dave_A

Dave_A — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:24:08 +0000

Is by faking the caller-ID signature for the call…

This ‘ability’ was originally most common in the telemarketing & bill-collection industry, but various hacker groups (let’s just say Anon & such have plenty in common ideologically with OWS /Black-bloc) picked it up & began using it for this purpose – first just because they thought it was ‘fun’, then to screw with people who criticized their organizations, and now to target political bloggers they don’t like…

By: johnt

johnt — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:14:59 +0000

not as a stand alone incident, but increasingly what is becoming common. There is a blackout in the news however, they seem more interested in Mrs. Romney’s love of horses, note NY Times, as always on top of things.
Erick, do what it takes to protect yourself and family. We are entering a dark period of savagery.

By: cactusjack

cactusjack — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:02:55 +0000

the Left, big time, and up on their radar. In this respect, you are now walking in the same successful steps of Glenn Beck. He found it necessary to take steps, some known to the public, some not known to the public.

By: cactusjack

cactusjack — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:02:55 +0000

By: thomasmitchel

thomasmitchel — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:54:21 +0000

There is a certain segment ofsociety that has no respect for the time, resources of other people and institutions. Now it will add another layer of concern and required confirmation on police departments. Further, this can be a very dangerous “game.” Innocent people have been shot in “mistaken address” raids before. I certainly hope these departments will investigate and make an example of the perpetrators.

On the brighter side, you would not be a target for this type of malevolence if you were not doing something right:)

By: WarEagle01

WarEagle01 — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:40:49 +0000

give his friends the straight dope on what life is really like in a federal pen. Or why he now sings soprano for his a cappella group.

By: digitalyoyo

digitalyoyo — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:16:36 +0000

I am not a lawyer but I would imagine that’s why people use proxies in China, etc.

By: 1stRichard

1stRichard — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:10:01 +0000

This SWATting thing is not new, one of the old low tech ways this is done is plugging in to your outdoor phone jack or box on your house. You can avert with a motion light, a detector that alerts you of a power loss on your phone line or other such deterrents. There are also many high tech solutions as well but it would be inappropriate to cover all of these here, don?t want anyone attempting this not knowing what they are doing.

I do find this amusing that so many do not know how to survive in a Leftist State as I have done for decades. Maybe I should write some sort of survival guide on how we live up here.

By: Mike gamecock DeVine

Mike gamecock DeVine — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:31:17 +0000

I certainly wouldn’t publicize such things in any event.

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:28:50 +0000

…or at least keep people from using the Caller ID function. No, I’m not going to go into any of them; no sense in giving lurkers ideas.

By: PowerToThePeople

PowerToThePeople — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:25:31 +0000

no one actually came to his property. They simply spoofed his number, most likely using one the companies that offer that service, and then dialed 9-11 with the spoofed number.

That alone is misuse of 9-11 service but in most states that is a low level misdemeanor which is not a harsh enough charge. States need to quickly write up a law dealing with this nonsense so people can be prosecuted for this BS and dealt with so harshly that these idiots think twice about doing it in the future.

By: Mike gamecock DeVine

Mike gamecock DeVine — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:13:19 +0000

Trespass is a crime.

By: Michael Harrington

Michael Harrington — Mon, 28 May 2012 11:45:31 +0000

I forgot Anon likes the internet spoofing.

This is actually a lot more detectable as it is routed through several servers typically before being made a call, and the traffic is logged.