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This seems like a trivial problem for law enforcement to honeypot. You wouldn't even need to actively monitor. Just get an alert when the devices start moving a

• mikefallen 7y ago
  Yeah cuz what we need is more cameras installed by the gov invading our privacy. You think they should implement facial recognition on them too? Don't leave values in your car easy as that ....
  • rkho 7y ago
    Regardless of the crime committed, victim blaming is not the correct response.
    • Jamwinner 7y ago
      Isnt putting everyone under scrutiny for the bad act of one person as bad as victim blaming? Glad I live where I dont have to lock my doors. You surveilence obsessed kind make me uneasy.
      • perl4ever 7y ago
        Odd how it isn't "surveillance" when criminals monitor people. I think there's a certain age where you start seeing things differently, biologically.
      • dredmorbius 7y ago
        It's possible to make the first point without leaping directly to the second.
  • ghettoimp 7y ago
    Cameras in public, theft-prone areas hardly seem like a privacy invasion.
  • hermitdev 7y ago
    I had security cameras installed at my home last week. We already had a security system. I dont like having the cameraa, but the final straw was when someone tried to break into my home while I was at work and my wife was home the Friday before Thanksgiving in the US. With no cameras, had nothing to give the police. Id like to get a 12 gauge shotgun and teach my wife to use it, but she's gun shy. (I am licensed by the state, but dont own any firearms). There is something about the aound of a 12 gauge round being chambered that puts the fear of God in everyone (and I'm an atheist).
    • gambiting 7y ago
      >>Id like to get a 12 gauge shotgun and teach my wife to use it, but she's gun shy. That sounds like a great way to get your wife shot to be honest. Either by criminals or by police coming to "help" you. You might as well advise people to carry a knife to avoid a mugging.
      • bobbyd3 7y ago
        Not necessarily. Assuming his wife was comfortable learning more about how to safely handle a firearm it could be a great asset for protecting their household...
• bigiain 7y ago
  Reminds me of the NASA guy who built a glitter bomb and filmed people who stole packages from doorsteps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo
  • stretchwithme 7y ago
    Too nice.
  • rasz 7y ago
    Video is fake, author paid his friends 'per outcome', so they manufactured outcomes (pretended being shocked thieves). Redditors even tracked one of the packages going off two houses away from YT account owners registered residence, at his friends house. Allegedly NASA guy didnt know this at the time of publishing.
• hnick 7y ago
  In many cases they don't even follow up when location services tell the former owner where the device is. A shift in policing so that they go after such cases is a better use of time than setting traps.
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• astura 7y ago
  What you're describing is called a bait car and cops have been using them for decades. Back in the day typical bait cars were shitty cars with aftermarket sound systems. Made for interesting reality TV (for the standards of reality TV at the time). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_car
• rblatz 7y ago
  When I was visiting Oakland this happened to us, on a busy street. Someone wrote down the license plate and left it for us. The police didn’t care.
• 01100011 7y ago
  This assumes the police give a shit. In the bay area, they seem to have given up. Assuming they catch someone, either the DA will decline to file charges or the judge will release them immediately.
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  • masonic 7y ago
    There was a comment on Nextdoor today about three cars being hit right in front of Baskin Robbins on Lawrence... one with the owner in the driver's seat. Santa Clara PD response: "yeah, that happens there every day".