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Re: Please Rob Me

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Are you sure you're not R. Kelly?

For those of you, including myself, that didn't know what this was a reference to: "Trapped in the Closet" is an urban opera, R&B opera, or hip-hopera released by contemporary R&B singer R. Kelly in 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet

It's also a South Park Episode.

http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/912

Re: Please Rob Me

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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.

...and then walk to the airport just to be sure.

Re: Please Rob Me

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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?

I don't know. Are you volunteering to have a roof collapse on top of you in the hope of successfully suing the property owner? I'm not.

Re: Please Rob Me

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Next up: PleaseArrestMe.com, highlighting all the illegal activity that people have put up on teh intarwebs for public consumption.

Don't forget PleaseFireMe.com and PleaseDontHireMe.com

Pleasefireme.com is some intense stuff. http://bit.ly/95MVU1

Re: Please Rob Me

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Intending to you kill someone for robbing you is illegal as well if you are not in danger (being at work in this case)

Intending to you kill someone for robbing you is illegal as well if you are not in danger Actually, that depends entirely on which state you live in. Some states under Castle Doctrine allow deadly force to prevent the commission of any felony in your home, including robbery. That, so far as I know, does not apply to booby traps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Doctrine_in_the_United_S...

You're correct--the Castle Doctrine only pertains to places when you physically occupy them (home, or car/work in some states), so setting up something to injure or kill someone on another one of those premises does not fall within those guidelines.

Re: Please Rob Me

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Having worked for a Defense Contractor and been forced to go through social engineering training in the past, the idea of gathering information like this is very real and happens everyday. Hopefully this makes people think twice before exposing certain personal information online for all to see.

Everything you said is true, but remember almost no one will go to lengths unless they think you have something worth it. As a Defense Contractor you likely had access to such things, hence the training. Most people just have their personal possessions, and robbing a house is often relatively easy without going to lengths for social engineering.

Re: Please Rob Me

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Why bother robbing anyone when you can just trespass on unsafe-looking property and sue?

I don't know. Are you volunteering to have a roof collapse on top of you in the hope of successfully suing the property owner? I'm not.

No, I think that would still be ethically a form of robbery, even if legally it's not.
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