<story><title>After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 vehicles were stolen in one day</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-11/mercedes-thieves-showed-just-how-vulnerable-car-sharing-can-be</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sytelus</author><text>I am doubting this data points. AirBnB has virtually no background checks and people are not robbing away houses en mass. Why AirBnB has such a different track record vs Car2Go?</text></item><item><author>jacurtis</author><text>This is interesting because I always thought these &amp;quot;background checks&amp;quot; were just a formality. Like something needed for their insurance or to weed out a few extreme individuals (like those with multiple-DUIs or a heavy history of wrecks on their record).&lt;p&gt;But the fact that they can ease up on background checks and see an immediate large bulk of car thefts is damning evidence that the background checks were truly having a real impact on preventing theft. It really is fascinating.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rickyc091</author><text>As a renter, you have to provide several verifications (email, linkedin, google, phone number). I think you can get away with a single one. Sometimes, you&amp;#x27;ll be asked to provide a driver&amp;#x27;s license or passport for proof.&lt;p&gt;80% of the rentals I&amp;#x27;ve been in weren&amp;#x27;t their primary home, so even if someone was to rob the place, there wasn&amp;#x27;t much to take. The most valuable thing would probably be the TV, but most places only had a 32-40&amp;quot; tv which goes for a few hundred bucks new.&lt;p&gt;While people aren&amp;#x27;t robbing Airbnb homes, there are several cases where they are getting completely destroyed.</text></comment>
<story><title>After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 vehicles were stolen in one day</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-11/mercedes-thieves-showed-just-how-vulnerable-car-sharing-can-be</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sytelus</author><text>I am doubting this data points. AirBnB has virtually no background checks and people are not robbing away houses en mass. Why AirBnB has such a different track record vs Car2Go?</text></item><item><author>jacurtis</author><text>This is interesting because I always thought these &amp;quot;background checks&amp;quot; were just a formality. Like something needed for their insurance or to weed out a few extreme individuals (like those with multiple-DUIs or a heavy history of wrecks on their record).&lt;p&gt;But the fact that they can ease up on background checks and see an immediate large bulk of car thefts is damning evidence that the background checks were truly having a real impact on preventing theft. It really is fascinating.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Blackstone4</author><text>On Airbnb, I understand there is verification of identity checks. Secondly you&amp;#x27;d need to pay to rent an expensive place in advance (which could be done fraudently) followed by the fact that it&amp;#x27;s much harder to fence furniture relative to cars which are more uniform.&lt;p&gt;Simply put, I imagine there is more money is stealing cars.&lt;p&gt;As to &amp;quot;selling the house&amp;quot;, this often requires a serious amount of paperwork and is harder to do.</text></comment>