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One of the FBI’s most wanted hackers is trolling the U.S. government | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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One of the FBI’s most wanted hackers is trolling the U.S. government | TechCrunch::Russian hacker Mikhail Matveev is making T-shirts featuring his FBI most wanted poster, and asking his followers if they want to buy merch.

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[–] 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Making t-shirts of your own wanted poster is trolling? It's definitely mocking them, but trolling is much more than that.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not in 2023. In 2023 trolling is as simple as having another point of view.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I just think trolling requires some form of incitement leading to action by the victim. You post something inflammatory online, and get other people angrily posting back.

    Making the t-shirt doesn't troll them, it doesn't get them to do anything. It's just a response to them, they publicly said he's a wanted alleged criminal and he publicly stuck his tongue out back at them. Now, if he made these t-shirts and then law enforcement tried to find him through his t-shirt supply chain, only to find that the t-shirts had been printed by the detective's mum's Etsy company, then that would be trolling.

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