Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
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Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
#742Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every other country seems to manage it.
Yeah I grew up in a country where it backfired royally, and now I concealed carry and stopped a murder-in-progress with it when the cops were still 10 minutes away, so y'all can fuck off with your statist ideas and cherry-picked examples for things that have no global correlation.
I'm curious, where are you from? I live in Canada and no one carries around a gun except criminals.
We have a fair number of stabbings since anyone buy and carry a knife (with exceptions) but shootings are pretty damn rare. I think almost every shooting in my city (a total of 74 in a city of 1.25 million) last year was criminal-on-criminal.
Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
#743I 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…
there needs to be a platform to post these videos for the public to crowdsource the identity of these people. And then what? Will the platform also have a portal that will let people en masse vex the local PD with messages containing links to the video until the precinct assigns an officer to the case? What happens next? Is there going to be a timer or some kind of SLA on the platform that notifies people in the crow…
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Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
#744Earlier quoted context omitted.
Problem is that some package thieves just trail behind the delivery truck. So even if hidden, they know it's there.
From what I've heard, they typically trail a block or more behind the delivery truck, which means they can't often see the exact houses that get packages. Their goal isn't to see where they're delivered, but to get to them before anyone else does. If they trail too closely, they'll make the deliveryman suspicious.
And what the deliverman is going to do? Slow down his deliveries?
Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
#745Earlier quoted context omitted.
The thieves are the ones bringing the camera into their privacy zone, not the person who made the package. The thief, in committing the theft, explicitly consented to taking an unknown item into their possession.
But the person who built the device did so with the intention of recording people in private spaces. The person committing the theft did not explicitly consent to being recorded in a private space. They are still being recorded unknowingly by a device designed to do that. What I'm saying is; the thief broke a law but the person making the recordings could have also broken laws as well. Two wrongs don't make a right,…
Here's how that would go in court...
Thief: Your honor, this man illegally recorded me in my home without my consent.
Judge: You mean the package you stole recorded you for the purpose of identifying you as the thief?
Thief: ...
Judge: Get the hell out of my court room.
Even in two-party consent states, I can't envision any situation in which a person would actually be punished for recording in this way. Remember that laws are meant to be interpreted by a judge or jury in the context of the alleged crime, not applied to every situation where they can possibly fit.
Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
#746Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the video we see many people stealing from porches with video cameras, and the author mentions that the police didn't take action even with video evidence. While I think your suggestion would reduce the chance of theft, I think you overestimate the accuracy of the risk-benefit analysis happening in the thieves' minds, as well as the actual risk involved. I mean, the activity is already dumb from a risk analysis po…
Problem is that some package thieves just trail behind the delivery truck. So even if hidden, they know it's there.
Just had a story the other day about a delivery man working with his friends to steal packages. He would deliver then text his buddies the address.
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.wftv.com/news/local/seasonal-...
Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
#747Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You are dealing with people who have no qualms stealing, it's not too crazy to expect other rash and illegal acts from them. In more then one instance the thief opened the package at their house. So its fair to say he knows where they live too. Also, very clear HD video of their faces and vehicles. And there is no way all the glitter is going to get cleaned up - so more evidence of who they are. And home security c…
How long until we hear of a person who included a gps unit in their bait package, but instead of taking it to the police, went to the person's house with a gun. The police would get involved at that point, though I wonder if it would be hard for them to find the perpetrator since there wouldn't be any obvious link between the two individuals if they didn't know about the gps bait package.
There have already been a bunch of murders of both thieves and victims regarding the recovery of GPS-enabled phones and laptops.
Unless you're a career criminal who doesn't mind incidental murder charges, just write it off FFS.
Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
#748I 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…
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Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
#749Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess wouldn't you file suit against the police as they are now responsible?
The Supreme Court has ruled that the police have no responsibility to protect citizens [1]. You cannot sue the police for failing to respond because they legally don't have to respond. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/justices-rule-po...
the police have no responsibility to protect citizens
Then... what the hell are they for?!?! That is utterly insane.
Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
#750I 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…
I was burgled some years ago. The officers who responded, when I got home and found this, were attentive. The detective subsequently assigned the case? Not much. Even though, in warning my neighbors, I discovered that there was then a rash of burglaries occurring in the neighborhood. In part, I understood this. While the personal loss was significant to me, the dollar amount was only a few thousands that insurance co…
"Do you have any guns?"
This reminds me of the "hack" I've seen posted here before about preventing the TSA from going through your luggage --- pack it with a gun.