<story><title>Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46604625</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rdtsc</author><text>This needs careful consideration if you ever decide to do it. Depending on the local criminal culture they could exact revenge. Then also know where you live and can do a lot worse things than taking a package. Police might later be involved but it might not be worth it. You are dealing with people who have no qualms stealing so it&amp;#x27;s not too crazy to expect other rash and illegal acts from them.&lt;p&gt;I can also see some intrepid crooks suing for glitter damaging their eyesight permanently or some other bullshit claim. Some attorney or DA might decide to get free publicity and see if they can swing a &amp;quot;injured by booby trap&amp;quot; case.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kawfey</author><text>I learned from Nextdoor, that a neighbor of mine put cat litter in an amazon box, and later found out her car&amp;#x27;s driver side window busted in and the litter dumped on the seat. I now just have packages sent to lockers and UPS&amp;#x2F;FedEX access points, and I know a few who have packages delivered to their office.&lt;p&gt;The crappy part is that she captured clear detail of both events but police couldn&amp;#x27;t be bothered. Nest and Ring have been doing their part to fight back, allowing people to publicly post and set up neighborhood watches against porch pirates et al, but there&amp;#x27;s still a ways to go before security camera footage can be sent to the PD and automatically identify the offender via facial analysis.</text></comment>
<story><title>Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46604625</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rdtsc</author><text>This needs careful consideration if you ever decide to do it. Depending on the local criminal culture they could exact revenge. Then also know where you live and can do a lot worse things than taking a package. Police might later be involved but it might not be worth it. You are dealing with people who have no qualms stealing so it&amp;#x27;s not too crazy to expect other rash and illegal acts from them.&lt;p&gt;I can also see some intrepid crooks suing for glitter damaging their eyesight permanently or some other bullshit claim. Some attorney or DA might decide to get free publicity and see if they can swing a &amp;quot;injured by booby trap&amp;quot; case.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>move-on-by</author><text>&amp;gt;  You are dealing with people who have no qualms stealing, it&amp;#x27;s not too crazy to expect other rash and illegal acts from them.&lt;p&gt;In more then one instance the thief opened the package at their house. So its fair to say he knows where they live too. Also, very clear HD video of their faces and vehicles. And there is no way all the glitter is going to get cleaned up - so more evidence of who they are. And home security cameras with more images of them. Not to say these idiots are smart enough to let things be at this point - but if they do retaliate, there is a very high chance they would be caught.&lt;p&gt;As for your comments about liability. Yeah, that sounds entirely plausible.</text></comment>