Swatting

[Twiz]

Is there a chance of getting swatted on YouTube gaming

[HOBO BOB]

Well if they find out where you live then yes, but no not really

[Twiz]

How do you protect your address so they don't find out

Originally posted by HOBO BOB:

Well if they find out where you live then yes, but no not really

[Better|Off|Bob]

Is this a genuine fear or are you just covering all bases?

[HOBO BOB]

Originally posted by SavageCabbage (Trading):

How do you protect your address so they don't find out

Originally posted by HOBO BOB:

Well if they find out where you live then yes, but no not really

Well you the usaul, dont tell where you live, your name, what city you live in,also dont talk about too much about all of those above.

[Twiz]

Genuine fear. I heard about a few of these guys killed by the SWAT team when they got swatted, so you can't blame me for being afraid lol.

Originally posted by Better|Off|Dead:

Is this a genuine fear or are you just covering all bases?

[Markus Kruber]

It really sucks when it happens to you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiW-BVPCbZk

[Mr. Shaggnificent]

I don't get it... Are people so desperate to win at a video game that they call the cops on you?

[Markus Kruber]

Originally posted by Mr. Shaggnificent:

I don't get it... Are people so desperate to win at a video game that they call the cops on you?

I've no idea why they do it, they really bring people in great danger and wasting the cops time!

[★★Xei★★]

Originally posted by Mr. Shaggnificent:

I don't get it... Are people so desperate to win at a video game that they call the cops on you?

Think some cases is also because the person is a sore loser, I can see dumb kids doing it for some satisfaction.

[it's love]

Originally posted by No Man's Sky:

Originally posted by Mr. Shaggnificent:

I don't get it... Are people so desperate to win at a video game that they call the cops on you?

I've no idea why they do it, they really bring people in great danger and wasting the cops time!

Sometimes it's a personal grudge, sometimes it's a random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ who found out your adress. People are ♥♥♥♥♥, can't change that.

[Twiz]

Originally posted by Crazed Rabbit:

Originally posted by No Man's Sky:

I've no idea why they do it, they really bring people in great danger and wasting the cops time!

Sometimes it's a personal grudge, sometimes it's a random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ who found out your adress. People are ♥♥♥♥♥, can't change that.

I think that some people think its "funny" when you almost get someone killed.

[Kauldwin]

Stupid kids don't understand how serious swatting actually is, or how much trouble they can get into for fake 911 calls. Beyond that, I'm sure there are some older people that do it that really should know better and are just that spiteful and mean.

OP, as people have already said, don't discuss your real name, location, town, school, or other identifying features, and use a VPN as an added security layer if you are really concerned. Beyond that, if some incident were to happen, just be cooperative with the police and don't make any sudden/stupid movements and the odds of you getting hurt are fairly low.

[ivers]

Originally posted by SavageCabbage (Trading):

Is there a chance of getting swatted on YouTube gaming

Short answer; Yes.

[Soda ポップ！]

If there is someone who doesn't like you or they're impudent and they know where you live. Who knows? They might actually do it. Theres always that one person in this world.


Keep your Ip private.

Don't post your adress or phone number.

Don't click on no unfamilar links, attachments, programs.

[Azza ☠]

SWATTING is illegal - if someone threatens you with it, allow them. If you have a dog, calmly lock him in a separate room (where the SWAT won't go first), this is so the police won't just shoot it (which some tend to do - shoot first, ask questions later). Then surrender yourself asap as soon as they come. Calmly show your PC steam/chat logs (point without touching anything yourself), claiming the false alarm (explaining what happened). A malicious person who SWATS you will be traced and arrested (if the police have a computer tech on hand) as it's become quite serious these days.

It's highly illegal and a waste of police time/resources. Even SWATTING behind VPN/Proxies can be traced over time as a pattern emerges, and most VPNs will have a log or give up the user's real IP or face being terminated themselves.

If the victim is under the age of 13, it's also breaking COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998) law to DOX (gather personal details) of them. Even before a SWAT attempt on them.

As to perform a SWAT: they would first need to know your ip address, to get your home address, then spoof your location to the police.

Hense on social networks: Don't show your Skype username (as that can easily be exploited into showing your IP) or personal details which could be used to create a DOX (Full name > Facebook > Phone > Address, etc).

Other way would be the malicious users posts/sends you a IP Snooper link, in which you click allowing your IP Address to be dump to their grabbing server, then redirects you to a valid website. If someone, for example, sends you a shorten url in chat, etc - use a unshorten url website and whois domain to check it (avoid clicking yourself).

A Youtube account itself can't be exploited into giving them these details, unless you leak it or link them (unknownly in social networks) yourself.