<story><title>Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46604625</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bovermyer</author><text>One fun psychological hack for this - paint an eye above or on said locker.&lt;p&gt;This is backed by research. For example: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;uk-england-tyne-22270052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;uk-england-tyne-22270052&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>tivert</author><text>If you&amp;#x27;re concerned about package thieves, just buy an outdoor cabinet and put it next to your door with a note asking that packages be placed in it.  I use an Ikea Josef:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;gb&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;storage-furniture&amp;#x2F;outdoor-organising&amp;#x2F;josef-cabinet-in-outdoor-dark-grey-art-00168990&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;gb&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;storage-furniture&amp;#x2F;outdoo...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;You don&amp;#x27;t even need a lock for it.  If you can get the deliverymen to consistently place packages in it, the thieves will have no idea if there&amp;#x27;s actually a package at your door to steal or not &lt;i&gt;without actually attempting a theft&lt;/i&gt;.  For extra deterrence, you can install a motion activated camera next to it.  The idea is to reduce the thieves&amp;#x27; expectation of reward while increasing their expectation of getting caught.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Strilanc</author><text>This is one of the psychology results that failed to replicate [1] in the replication crisis [2].&lt;p&gt;[1]: Artificial surveillance cues do not increase generosity: two meta-analyses &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&amp;#x2F;science&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;pii&amp;#x2F;S1090513816301350&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&amp;#x2F;science&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;pii&amp;#x2F;S109051381...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Replication_crisis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Replication_crisis&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46604625</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bovermyer</author><text>One fun psychological hack for this - paint an eye above or on said locker.&lt;p&gt;This is backed by research. For example: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;uk-england-tyne-22270052&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;uk-england-tyne-22270052&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>tivert</author><text>If you&amp;#x27;re concerned about package thieves, just buy an outdoor cabinet and put it next to your door with a note asking that packages be placed in it.  I use an Ikea Josef:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;gb&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;storage-furniture&amp;#x2F;outdoor-organising&amp;#x2F;josef-cabinet-in-outdoor-dark-grey-art-00168990&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ikea.com&amp;#x2F;gb&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;storage-furniture&amp;#x2F;outdoo...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;You don&amp;#x27;t even need a lock for it.  If you can get the deliverymen to consistently place packages in it, the thieves will have no idea if there&amp;#x27;s actually a package at your door to steal or not &lt;i&gt;without actually attempting a theft&lt;/i&gt;.  For extra deterrence, you can install a motion activated camera next to it.  The idea is to reduce the thieves&amp;#x27; expectation of reward while increasing their expectation of getting caught.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>samstave</author><text>@jdb here on HN had, at one time, installed a very conspicuous camera housing on his house although it had no camera in it.&lt;p&gt;Psychological deterrence.</text></comment>