Ricky Babalu
Well-Known Member
This made my day............Twitter Troll Hunted down by Boxer, Troll poops in pants and backs down. 
Boxer hunts down Twitter Troll
Boxer hunts down Twitter Troll
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Twitter Troll Hunted down by Boxer............
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Speed Daemon
Android Expert
I suppose that might work in the UK. Here in America that cowardly troll might well be heavily armed, and shooting at anything that moved instead of begging for mercy!
Years ago I was one of the people who did some detective work and discovered and posted the work and home addresses and phone numbers of a notorious spammer who got onto a message board that I frequented, using the name "spamwhore". I can only guess that he must have been Googling himself, found that we were discussing his misdeeds online and came to gloat. Well, he got a whole lot more than he bargained for! One intrepid member even posted a photo of his house, with his car parked in the driveway with vanity plates clearly visible.
I doubt that we shut down this guy's racket, but we made sure that all his neighbors knew what he did for a living, and even got a local news team knocking on his door.
Never underestimate the power of community.
Years ago I was one of the people who did some detective work and discovered and posted the work and home addresses and phone numbers of a notorious spammer who got onto a message board that I frequented, using the name "spamwhore". I can only guess that he must have been Googling himself, found that we were discussing his misdeeds online and came to gloat. Well, he got a whole lot more than he bargained for! One intrepid member even posted a photo of his house, with his car parked in the driveway with vanity plates clearly visible.
I doubt that we shut down this guy's racket, but we made sure that all his neighbors knew what he did for a living, and even got a local news team knocking on his door.
Never underestimate the power of community.
9to5cynic
Android Expert
I suppose that might work in the UK. Here in America that cowardly troll might well be heavily armed, and shooting at anything that moved instead of begging for mercy!
Years ago I was one of the people who did some detective work and discovered and posted the work and home addresses and phone numbers of a notorious spammer who got onto a message board that I frequented, using the name "spamwhore". I can only guess that he must have been Googling himself, found that we were discussing his misdeeds online and came to gloat. Well, he got a whole lot more than he bargained for! One intrepid member even posted a photo of his house, with his car parked in the driveway with vanity plates clearly visible.
I doubt that we shut down this guy's racket, but we made sure that all his neighbors knew what he did for a living, and even got a local news team knocking on his door.
Never underestimate the power of community.
I love these kinds of stories. Good ol' fashion OSINT.
Don't feed the trolls.
SamuraiBigEd
Under paid Sasquatch!
That is why I keep some of this on hand always!
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
Yeah, that spambag thought that he was very clever hiding behind a standard hosting account in Las Vegas and living in New England, and was totally baffled when I kept on telling him where he was. And like with many OSINT stories, it was more about his inability to shut up than my "mad sikiiz". He gave away most of what I needed to find him! No need for social engineering; he handed it to me on a silver platter.I love these kinds of stories. Good ol' fashion OSINT.
Ricky Babalu
Well-Known Member
In the article the "Boxer" posts that he will offer a reward for info on the "Troll" and receives info from the Twitter community. If I may ask how did you go about it? Also, what is OSINT?
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
OSINT == "Open-Source (based) INTelligence (gathering)"
I really don't want to get into the details of my methods. Frankly I don't want people who might not act responsibly to have easy access to these tools. Although it was fun, I was (and still am) a committed professional who puts security first and foremost. I hope you understand.
he could sue the boxer for the harassment. You can't just go around telling that you are coming after them. He could've just gone to police and made a police report, everything is documented, then go to lawyer and start the process.
Athletes with boxing and martial arts skills have their arms registered as weapons sort ti speak. If you bully a boxer and he kicks you back, he is 200% guilty, he might lose ability to be in sport, be a part of competition or train anyone. Not to mention he might have to serve jail time.
What troll should havr done, is invited him over to his address. Once the boxer was there called the cops. Problem solved.
P S even though its in UK I'm kind of sure there are similar rules.
Athletes with boxing and martial arts skills have their arms registered as weapons sort ti speak. If you bully a boxer and he kicks you back, he is 200% guilty, he might lose ability to be in sport, be a part of competition or train anyone. Not to mention he might have to serve jail time.
What troll should havr done, is invited him over to his address. Once the boxer was there called the cops. Problem solved.
P S even though its in UK I'm kind of sure there are similar rules.
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! 
The troll suing for what he, himself was doing, and in fact started? Three guesses how that one would end! Obviously Mr. Woodhouse is entitled to the same free speech that the troll is.
I think it's pretty obvious that Mr. Woodhouse was using more restraint than the troll was, and quite a bit more clever as well. My hat's off to him!
For all we know, the cowardly troll did call the cops. Chances are that they told the clown to call them back as soon as he had the bruises to prove it. IME if there's one thing that cops can't stand, it's an @$$---- calling them to save them from what they started.
No, athletes, not even fighters have to "register" any parts of their bodies as "lethal weapons". But as a matter of fact, Provocation is a valid legal defense that Mr. Woodhouse could have used successfully...if he had done anything more than give the lowlife troll a taste of his own medicine.
The troll suing for what he, himself was doing, and in fact started? Three guesses how that one would end! Obviously Mr. Woodhouse is entitled to the same free speech that the troll is.I think it's pretty obvious that Mr. Woodhouse was using more restraint than the troll was, and quite a bit more clever as well. My hat's off to him!
For all we know, the cowardly troll did call the cops. Chances are that they told the clown to call them back as soon as he had the bruises to prove it. IME if there's one thing that cops can't stand, it's an @$$---- calling them to save them from what they started.
No, athletes, not even fighters have to "register" any parts of their bodies as "lethal weapons".
But as a matter of fact, Provocation is a valid legal defense that Mr. Woodhouse could have used successfully...if he had done anything more than give the lowlife troll a taste of his own medicine.
SamuraiBigEd
Under paid Sasquatch!
As a martial artist the "registered as a deadly weapon" myth is one of my biggest pet peeves! I see McDojo's using that all the time, it is totally false. You can however be held to a higher standard when it comes to trial based on your training, i.e. did you exercise appropriate restraint in your "response", meaning did you beat the crap out of someone who had no possible chance of challenging you or did you use your skills appropriately to quickly end the situation with only the physical contact necessary.
well, I thought US had this kind of law, because some country's do. Anyway its still stupid move from boxer side. All athletes or stars have haters, and trolls do their job on their twitter, its just a part of being famous.
They both lack the intelligence, the troll and/or the boxer.
Troll can request a restraining order from court if he can prove that boxer threatened him with violence. It probably would be a 30 days restraining order, but still enough time to spam the crap out of his twitter.
If troll had invited boxer over, called the cops, what would be telling cops the reason he is there "I'm here to beat up/scare a kid who made fun of me on Twitter" that would be amusing.
If Justin Bieber would go after every hater, that would be his full time job, he would also had to hire an army of assistants.
They both lack the intelligence, the troll and/or the boxer.
Troll can request a restraining order from court if he can prove that boxer threatened him with violence. It probably would be a 30 days restraining order, but still enough time to spam the crap out of his twitter.
If troll had invited boxer over, called the cops, what would be telling cops the reason he is there "I'm here to beat up/scare a kid who made fun of me on Twitter" that would be amusing.
If Justin Bieber would go after every hater, that would be his full time job, he would also had to hire an army of assistants.
Speed Daemon
Android Expert
Being an Internet troll is most certainly not a vocation! And as an avocation, it's one of the lowest forms of self-entertainment that I can think of.
If the troll in the article had invited a person who he had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he knew for certain was a professional boxer who expressed a desire to give him a "right pasting" to his house, that would be a legally binding contract to fight. It is the boxer's vocation after all. The law would consider such a thing mutual combat, something that doesn't demand an arrest of any party as long as there are no dead bodies involved. It would be 100% the stupidity of the troll, and nobody else. As the primary aggressor, and having many options out, the troll would only have himself to blame if he got what he had set the stage for.
But that's not what happened. In that case, the troll had the common sense to wave his yellow-stained white flag high and wide. And the professional boxer ended it all by waxing philosophical about the troll's bullying.
IMO this thread needs a healthy dose of Troll-B-Gone
If the troll in the article had invited a person who he had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he knew for certain was a professional boxer who expressed a desire to give him a "right pasting" to his house, that would be a legally binding contract to fight. It is the boxer's vocation after all.
The law would consider such a thing mutual combat, something that doesn't demand an arrest of any party as long as there are no dead bodies involved. It would be 100% the stupidity of the troll, and nobody else. As the primary aggressor, and having many options out, the troll would only have himself to blame if he got what he had set the stage for.But that's not what happened. In that case, the troll had the common sense to wave his yellow-stained white flag high and wide. And the professional boxer ended it all by waxing philosophical about the troll's bullying.
IMO this thread needs a healthy dose of Troll-B-Gone