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Bruce Schneier's had a blog post a few years back about the increase in copper theft. His take was that copper is too valuable and a segment of the population t
by HarryHirsch 7y ago
Bruce Schneier's had a blog post a few years back about the increase in copper theft. His take was that copper is too valuable and a segment of the population too poor for it not to happen. The same reasoning would apply to porch piracy.
- vorpalhex 7y agoThe people who engage in porch piracy are overwhelmingly well off from what we've seen. It's not the poor kid down the block you have to be suspicious of, but your middle class neighbor who probably needs to have an intervention. Despite the physical nature of it, it's an almost white collar crime.
- soylentcola 7y agoReally? Judging by the security cam clips occasionally posted to Nextdoor in my neighborhood, it's usually nearby residents (sometimes repeat offenders) who are known to have drug dependency issues, teens walking around hitting multiple houses, or the occasional drunken asshole walking home at night and deciding to vandalize or steal the box that's still sitting on the porch from earlier in the day. But of course the whole thing about anecdotes and data applies so this may not be the norm. I'd be interested to see data on these sorts of thefts.