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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by dzhiurgis on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @02:00AM (#27902815)
Yes all of those are issues that don’t even take a second to figure out. But it’s a step forward.
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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by tablespoon on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @02:25AM (#27902945)
> Yes all of those are issues that don’t even take a second to figure out. But it’s a step forward.

Most of them are dealbreakers. A few even show that your solution won't even properly address the SWATting problem it's ostensibly meant to solve, even ignoring the bad tradeoffs.

I'll grant you it's a step, just not a step forward.

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