See the above post — Time Warner owns CNN and Reddit. If he didn’t hide his IP, he was easy to track.
CNN claims they located him using info he posted online - said he lived in some state at a certain time, etc. But that’s not very likely.
This is a multi-billion dollar company vs. an internet troll.
This could happen to ANY member of FR in the future.
4chan has already posted the home addresses of the major hosts for CNN. The reporter’s family addresses and phone numbers are now on 4chan.
I don’t support doxxing - by us or them.
But this was a stupid move by CNN. That place will be hell to work for for months to come.
Play by the same rules your enemy plays by. They could have just left it alone, but they always Double Down. There was no need for them to escalate this.
Where is the link to 4chan. I went to the site but couldn’t find it