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makes it harder for burglars to find me How so? Or rather, what exactly do you mean here? Burglars don't want to find you personally. They're scoping out a pro
by dfxm12 8y ago
makes it harder for burglars to find me
How so? Or rather, what exactly do you mean here? Burglars don't want to find you personally. They're scoping out a property an determining if no one is home. They aren't looking though the yellow pages for potential victims remotely; they're driving around the neighborhood trying to get physical access.
- alistairSH 8y agoThis was my first thought. Put another way... If I'm the type of person whom criminals will target by name, address obfuscation isn't what I need. Instead, I need a comprehensive security system (likely including body guards). Think heads of state and other famous people. Joe Developer isn't being targeted by name. He just gets unlucky because he left his MacBook within sight of the window and didn't lock the back door.
- lisper 8y agoI write a blog. One of the most popular kinds of articles I used to post was travelogues, until I realized that I was pretty much advertising to the entire world that I was away from home. That wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that it is also trivial to find out where my home is.
- beatgammit 8y agoWhy not just post the travelogue after you return?
- ohithereyou 8y agoBecause that reduces the narcissistic supply
- lisper 8y agoFor the same reasons that newspapers don't publish week-old news.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoNews outlets do publish several days old "news" though. I think the reader feels like it matters but it doesn't. If someone is "writing from $place" it seems more immediate, more authentic, more real? When really it wouldn't matter for most situations.
- lisper 8y agoMy travelogues were not just reviews of places, they were often timely pieces about current events in those places. And my trips often last for a very long time.
- dfxm12 8y agoSo you think that burglars are: 1. Searching through travelogues 2. Waiting for one where a person is actively posting 3. Assume that the blogger is still traveling 4. Researching where that person lives 5. Hoping they happen to be close by 6. Hoping no one else lives there/is house sitting/is renting while you're out Rather than 1. Driving around looking for a place with a bunch of mail overflowing from the mail box and packages piled on the doorstep or some high value target visible through a window, regardless of knowing what the address is of the house The good news is you're worried about nothing. However, adding a layer of abstraction to an address won't help curb burglaries.
- daveFNbuck 8y agoA layer of abstraction to your address would make it easier to stop or redirect all deliveries while you're out. This would completely prevent burglaries based on piled up packages and mail.
- ghaff 8y agoThis is largely a solved problem. Have your mail held (admittedly you can only do this for up to 30 days in the US). And just don't order anything else that will potentially arrive while you're away.
- saalweachter 8y agoAt least some of the major package carriers in the US offer package-holds.
- daveFNbuck 8y agoAssuming that putting a hold on the layer of abstraction is no harder than putting a hold on your mail, what you're describing is harder than it would be with the abstraction layer. It's also less effective, as it doesn't handle packages sent by other people, unexpected delays in shipping, or unplanned trips.
- ygra 8y ago