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Deputy Editor at Ars Technica. Author of In Emergency, Break Glass (What Nietzsche Can Teach Us About Joyful Living in a Tech-Saturated World).
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A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months

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A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months

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| WIRED Magazine Verified
One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months. A 2018 child-luring investigation, which began in Madison, Wisconsin, and eventually extended to Halifax, Canada, was based on a false premise. Police were looking for a man using the Kik messaging service under the name “fus__ro_dah” (two underscores after “fus”), but they accidentally requested records for the username “fus_ro_dah” (one underscore after “fus”).
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Philly suburb: Sure, build that data center—but first meet our 43 demands var abtest_2165127 = new ABTest(2165127, 'click');

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| Ars Technica Verified
The final condition will shock you! (It won’t. It’s taxes.) Opposition to data centers extends even to this 2026 meeting in Pocatello, Idaho. Opposition to data centers extends even to this 2026 meeting in Pocatello, Idaho. From New York to Texas, state and local governments have heard the message: Their constituents are wary of data centers.
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