Saturday, 18 March 2017
quote [ John Rayne Rivello faces a charge of cyberstalking, the Justice Department said. Newsweek said the target was one of its writers, Kurt Eichenwald, an epileptic who has criticized President Trump. ]
Damn, that's some creative cyberstalking. More like cyber-assault really.
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midden said[1] @ 1:27am GMT on 19th Mar
This seems a little odd, as most photosensitive epileptics require a very specific frequency to trigger a seizure, and that frequency varies from person to person. Was Eichenwald short-sighted enough to actually identify the specific frequency he is sensitive to in his previous Newsweek article about his condition?
(edit) I think this is the article in which he spoke of his epilepsy: http://www.newsweek.com/sean-hannity-lies-hillary-clinton-health-490469 Here's a great line: "I know this response to Sean Hannity is a little raw, but as someone with epilepsy, I hope my editors will let this slip through: Fuck you, Sean. Your willingness to deceive your viewers—to degrade those of us with epilepsy, to suggest something is a seizure when it looks nothing like one, to leave people dumber about this condition—is unforgivable." Emphasis in original. |
zarathustra said @ 1:39am GMT on 19th Mar
I read another article on it that mentioned all the things you bring up but said that with some study and some luck ( that the victim had a screen that filled most of his field of vision, that while an LCD would do it would be more likely to work with an older monitor, etc) it was possible. Still failed or not, according to what they guy said in his other posts sounds like if he had killed the guy it would qualify as a depraved heart murder.
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midden said @ 1:45am GMT on 19th Mar
Oh, yeah, he's still guilty as all get-out, and it's certainly possible; it just seems highly unlikely that some Bumbletrump supporter from across the Bay Bridge is going to luck out and hit the exact frequency to cause the reporter to have a seizure.
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hellboy said @ 1:47am GMT on 21st Mar
Even if it didn't work it'd be an unmistakeable "fuck you" message. And yeah, the intent to harm seems pretty clear.
Eichenwald is a douchebag with paranoid tendencies, so it wouldn't surprise me if he was lying about having the seizure though. Sounds like he'd have to be holding the iPad up to his nose. |
Bob Denver said @ 5:52am GMT on 19th Mar
Weaponised e-mails... I fear that the Donald might enhance his tweets under the new military budget...
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