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this happens a lot through low tech means. they'll just case a house and note the owners' movements until they recognize a pattern. the only real solution to
by beachstartup 10y ago
this happens a lot through low tech means. they'll just case a house and note the owners' movements until they recognize a pattern.
the only real solution to this is good insurance and good luck.
- stinkytaco 10y agoBut that at least requires some human investment of time and movement. Someone has to case your house and sit there for however long it takes, risking discovery, boredom, opportunity cost, etc. Wholesale information theft is another level. Someone in a different state or country has access not only to me, but potentially hundreds of people's details, without ever leaving their home. And then they can leverage a whole community that is doing the same. This is how "The Fappening" occurred. This sort of crowdsourced stalking would be impossible pre-internet.
- Bartweiss 10y agoSurely it's at least as much human effort to compromise a specific webcam, identify the house it's tied to, monitor it extensively, and then rob/assault the owners? Obviously there are other reasons to worry about webcam access, but "they could spy on me to set up a robbery" is exceedingly low on my list since it just recreates a pattern that doesn't involve a computer.
- stinkytaco 10y agoI think it's more about the mass dissemination of that information. We've seen how easy it is to "Dox" someone without much information. One person might not be able to glean much, but what happens if 4Chan gets a hold of that data and has decided they don't like me?
- alexjakobnelson 10y agoKnowing your neighbors doesn't hurt, either. I like to think that if my neighbors noticed something untoward happening at my house, they would sound the alert.