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[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Swatting wasn't really a thing until the 2000s. The term wasn't even really coined until nearly the end of the 2000s. The FBI was using it in like 2008 or so.

See Wikipedia or this FBI archive article https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2008/february/swatting020408

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

There weren’t many ways to make anonymous phone calls in the 90s, you had to find 10¢ and go into town to find a pay phone.