Funny app and a good way to show the dangers of posting everything online...
Please Rob Me
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Re: Please Rob Me
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
So someone gets robbed, then they subpoena the web logs for pleaserobme.com, and then they arrest everyone who visited the site? That doesn't really scale.
lol no, it does not scale nor does it have to - person X commits a crime, they go looking for "evidence" and criminals try to avoid leaving this "evidence" and tend to be very paranoid about it, thus the joke..............................................................................
You should leave fewer periods at the scene of your comment.
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#103Re: Please Rob Me
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good point. But one of the key robbin times is vacation. People definitely tweet about that.
Isn't it the insurance company's problem?
Ultimately, but have you been robbed before? Even if you are armed with receipts/photos/serial numbers/etc, it's not a pleasant experience.
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#1051. Programmers write apps that no one ever asked for but may be able to use. 2. Widespread adoption of apps that no one ever asked for but may be able to use. 3. Holy shit, what have we done to ourselves? 4. Programmers write apps to minimize the consequences of widespread adoption of apps that no one ever asked for but may be able to use. 5. Widespread adoption of apps to minimize the consequences of widespread adop…
6ish. Apps release sub-application platforms for apps that we really have no use for but are just so available now anyway.
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
More generally, boobytrapping stuff has lots of potential harm to lots of potential people. (gas company employees, police, etc). The fact that it's also harmful to thiefs is tangential.
My middle school got bitten by this. The roof collapsed on a burglar and he successfully sued the school. At the time he was not doing anything illegal (as he was outside a public school). The roof was unsafe and we have laws against that to protect HVAC technicians and the like. That he was up to no good was irrelevant.
Why bother robbing anyone when you can just trespass on unsafe-looking property and sue?
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#107It might make for an interesting honeypot to catch thieves in the act. Where' Chris Hansen? (Oh, over on chatroulette.)
Re: Please Rob Me
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
More generally, boobytrapping stuff has lots of potential harm to lots of potential people. (gas company employees, police, etc). The fact that it's also harmful to thiefs is tangential.
My middle school got bitten by this. The roof collapsed on a burglar and he successfully sued the school. At the time he was not doing anything illegal (as he was outside a public school). The roof was unsafe and we have laws against that to protect HVAC technicians and the like. That he was up to no good was irrelevant.
I've heard of a copper thief successfully suing a power company for his injuries while cracking into a hot transformer.
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or you could have the taxi pick you up at a nearby intersection or other non-home location. Bonus points for using a different location each time.
Consistently using the same non-home location is probably better. If you're moving it around, the average location for your pickups is probably pretty close to where your home actually is. For the ultra-paranoid, pick a spot away from your home, and always pick a location randomly within a predefined circle around that point.
I think you've been watching too much Numb3rs!
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#110I've thought of something like this for Mexico (later expanding to other latinamerican countries) : A mashup of foursquare, gowalla and blippy (the blippy part is important, we won't target poor people) and I would call it 'secuestra.me' (kidnap.me).
Huge potential, big market worth several billions.