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The big thing I've heard is vacation photos in real time means unoccupied dwelling, which means ripe for breaking and entering. Sort of like "huge pile of empt
by joncrane 8y ago
The big thing I've heard is vacation photos in real time means unoccupied dwelling, which means ripe for breaking and entering.
Sort of like "huge pile of empty high end electronics boxes on curb on trash (recycle) day after holidays" is also a signal.
That's just the tip of the iceberg, though.
- johnchristopher 8y ago> Sort of like "huge pile of empty high end electronics boxes on curb on trash (recycle) day after holidays" is also a signal. But what can be done? Spread the disposal over many months? The signal is still there.
- grogenaut 8y agoBreak down the boxes and take them to the recycle place directly. Opsec.
- Gigablah 8y agoSpread it across the neighborhood maybe?
- ozzyman700 8y agoRecycle cardboard into pulp for home printing of your manifesto
- johnchristopher 8y agoManifesto ?
- ozzyman700 8y agoOh if you don't have a manifesto you should start
- johnchristopher 8y agoWould you please explain what you mean?
- nullc 8y agoGo drop it off at the recycling center or at least cover it up by cutting the boxes and folding them inside out.
- dfxm12 8y agoBuy slightly fewer things than your neighbors? Give gifts throughout the year instead of all in one shot?
- dragonwriter 8y ago> But what can be done? Cart your (sensitive) recylcing to a recycling center yourself, rather than relying on exposed curbside pickup. > Spread the disposal over many months? The signal is still there. That probably works too, if you have a bin and the signal is stuff extending beyond the bin signalling to drive-by opportunists; by spreading it out over time, you can keep the stuff you don't want to expose in (and at the bottom of) the bin, which exposes you to people who dig through the bin for intel, but that's a whole lot more active search.
- johnchristopher 8y agoThanks everyone. But I live in Western continental Europe and every week I load my small car with sorted heaps of garbage (colored bottles, transparent bottles, paper, folded cardboards boxes, cans, plastic bottles each in a different bag, plastic caps, metal caps, etc.). My question was more about what can be done by an American citizen (as I assumed it was the case here) since the cliché is that the US doesn't do recycling.
- donkeyd 8y ago> The big thing I've heard is vacation photos in real time means unoccupied dwelling, which means ripe for breaking and entering. This is mostly FUD though. Dutch police did an experiment where cops using traditional methods were 3 times (iirc) more effective at spotting vacationers than ones using the internet. It's much more important to secure your home than it is to not post to social media.
- RandallBrown 8y agoAnyone who can find my address can also probably find out I have a job and can simply break into my home while I'm there. They don't need to wait for me to go on vacation.
- Scoundreller 8y agoIt’s a bit harder when there could be a stay-at-home spouse, work-from-home, elderly family member, adult child or sick-day family member. Similarly, if you have a cleaner or contractor coming by, you probably will defer it until you’re back.
- LeftTurnSignal 8y agoThere was a site called something like: pleaserobmyhouse.com It just scraped social media for posts about people going on vacation and when they'd be back.
- watwut 8y agoThat sort of crime incredibly rare. To the point where it makes no sense to worry about his particular threat.
- Scoundreller 8y agoI got a lol out of a rideshare driver that went to rob an Airbnb after he dropped the departing guests off at the airport.