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Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by poundtown »

cosmotron wrote: post #73

What are people's thoughts on if this is staged? Considering the views / subscriptions are the main motivation here, it might justify the expenses poured into this project – that is, it would be quite a waste if all that effort went into the build just to have no one actually take it off the porch. If actors were used, it would explain the lack of police involvement (it's easy to say, "police weren't interested" ). A…

personally i hope its staged. from both a legal and safety stand point id be freekin sweating everyday thinking all those fools would come kill me or file suit of some bogus injury charge for disrespecting them. he put it up on the tubes with his name etc. so dumb if its not staged.

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Post by fiatjaf »

thfuran wrote: post #641
mdpopescu wrote: post #619

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This is called "learned helplessness". It's the result of decades of state education teaching you that your only recourse is the nanny state. Funny how that works out.

So you're saying what, that he should have hired mercenaries to kill the guy and get his stuff back?

That would be more reasonable than hiring a gigantic mercenary State that turns against you, takes you money and laughs at your requests for help.

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Post by chrisseaton »

withdavidli wrote: post #563
will_brown wrote: post #512

I just told this story on HN, but my car window was smashed on 10/13/18 and the theives got my wallet and house keys. They used my credit card at foot locker (~$500), The Store Manager confirmed two guys made the purchase and corporate said they would turn over the video if police just ask. A month later the bank fraud dept informed me someone was trying to cash a fake check ($1,600) against my account at an ATM usin…

This can go horribly wrong quickly. How do you deal with the public going after the wrong people? Does the poster take responsibility for all harm done? This is what Reddit tried to do with the Boston bombing. How do you handle deep fakes?

How do you deal with the police going after the wrong people?

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Post by dragonwriter »

chrisseaton wrote: post #684
withdavidli wrote: post #563

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This can go horribly wrong quickly. How do you deal with the public going after the wrong people? Does the poster take responsibility for all harm done? This is what Reddit tried to do with the Boston bombing. How do you handle deep fakes?

How do you deal with the police going after the wrong people?

> How do you deal with the police going after the wrong people?

You prohibit the police from making warrantless arrests for misdemeanors that did not occur in their presence, so they no longer have the power to do that in most cases.

Which is one reason for the lack of action that this vigilante system is proposed to remedy, so, again, how do you deal with the public going after the wrong people?

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Post by jbverschoor »

loftyal wrote: post #672
will_brown wrote: post #607

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>What happens next? Well let me tell you of another event that occurred to me in 08/17. I was kidnapped at gunpoint from a gas station, forced to drive my attacker with a gun on my for 30 minutes, eventually after getting off the highway I jumped out of my own car in gear, escaped and called the police. First words out of the sergeants mouth responding, “cut the shit what really happened.” Despite my insistence I’m a…

Jesus this reads like it's from some super corrupt 3rd country, not the US.

you have no idea which countries are "3rd world" these days

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dragonwriter wrote: post #685
chrisseaton wrote: post #684

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How do you deal with the police going after the wrong people?

> How do you deal with the police going after the wrong people? You prohibit the police from making warrantless arrests for misdemeanors that did not occur in their presence, so they no longer have the power to do that in most cases. Which is one reason for the lack of action that this vigilante system is proposed to remedy, so, again, how do you deal with the public going after the wrong people?

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Post by irrational »

cronix wrote: post #451
SheinhardtWigCo wrote: post #404

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> there's still a ways to go before security camera footage can be sent to the PD and automatically identify the offender via facial analysis. Be careful what you wish for. I don't want the police to be able to perform accurate facial recognition at the kind of scale you're talking about, even if that would make it harder for thieves to steal packages.

> I don't want the police to be able to perform accurate facial recognition at the kind of scale you're talking about Amazon is helping cities and counties implement Rekognition systems fairly cheap with cameras tied to criminal databases. It's happening. They've done it in Washington County, OR, Orlando, FL, and others [1]. Amazon is also teaming up with law enforcement to install Ring doorbells with cameras (Amazon…

This is weird. I live in Washington County Oregon. There are stories everyday on nextdoor.com from neighbors trying to get the Sheriff's office to look at their surveillance video of crimes being committed, but the police aren't interested. They usually post the video clips on nextdoor and these aren't grainy videos but super clear recordings that should make it easy to identify the perpetrators if they really are using the Amazon system.

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Post by yardie »

agensaequivocum wrote: post #663
will_brown wrote: post #607

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>What happens next? Well let me tell you of another event that occurred to me in 08/17. I was kidnapped at gunpoint from a gas station, forced to drive my attacker with a gun on my for 30 minutes, eventually after getting off the highway I jumped out of my own car in gear, escaped and called the police. First words out of the sergeants mouth responding, “cut the shit what really happened.” Despite my insistence I’m a…

I would get a CCW if you don't already have one.

Except he’d be dead and the perp would have 2 guns.

Why is the solution to more gun violence more guns?

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Post by irrational »

scarejunba wrote: post #300
kawfey wrote: post #228

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I learned from Nextdoor, that a neighbor of mine put cat litter in an amazon box, and later found out her car's driver side window busted in and the litter dumped on the seat. I now just have packages sent to lockers and UPS/FedEX access points, and I know a few who have packages delivered to their office. The crappy part is that she captured clear detail of both events but police couldn't be bothered. Nest and Ring…

Maybe with ubiquitous accurate facial recognition we could name and shame these individuals. You could then be walking around and identifying criminals as you go, denying them service, food, shelter, or water. We could create isolated communities of criminals, wall off the rest of the world, and deliver ourselves from evil.

Ooh! And we could expand it! What if it could identify for us who is republican or democrat, who is jewish or catholic, who is some other demographic? That would be terrific, wouldn't it?
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