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Canada investigating how Skyrim username mixup sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2026
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To those like me who are confused because Skyrim is single-player: it was a Kik username inspired by Skyrim
Thanks. Also isn’t kik notorious for illegal shit? Like csam?
I've never heard of it in any context other than illegal shit.