Re:Twitter bans animated PNG files after attackers targeted ...
by pickdenis on Monday December 23, 2019 @10:46PM
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Honestly, reading this article was the first time I saw a documented case of strobes causing seizures. It's possible (and this is purely speculation) that the attacker sent the strobe to give some comedic punch to the statement "you deserve a seizure" not expecting or hoping that it would actually cause a seizure.
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Re:Twitter bans animated PNG files after attackers targeted ...
by krapp on Monday December 23, 2019 @11:05PM
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>Honestly, reading this article was the first time I saw a documented case of strobes causing seizures
It's been common knowledge at least since the Porygon episode of Pokemon[0] in the late 90s.
>It's possible (and this is purely speculation) that the attacker sent the strobe to give some comedic punch to the statement "you deserve a seizure" not expecting or hoping that it would actually cause a seizure.
It's possible but knowing people and the internet, it's more likely they were hoping an actual seizure would be the "comedic punch."