René Rebe, a 25-year veteran of Free and Open-Source Software development, was swatted and taken in for questioning.

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    2 months ago

    From the link’s comments, someone thought: “The police (no matter the country involved here) went way over the top on this. An anonymous e-mail is nowhere near enough evidence to go arresting/detaining someone without a thorough investigation first. The only possible exceptions being domestic violence, child abuse or a homicide in progress.”