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Can Consumers Fight Package Thieves With Technology? (geekwire.com)
Every year more than 10 million packages are stolen off doorsteps, according to a study by August Home Inc. -- a company which sells a "smart" door lock that's controlled by your cellphone so you can remotely let a delivery person into your house. But that's just one of the weird ways consumers are using technology to try to fight package thieves. An anonymous reader reports:
Some online shopping sites will now also text you when one of their packages gets left on your doorstep, according to GeekWire, which reports that for a thousand bucks you can also just buy a lockable iBin parcel-delivery box. But there's also a startup selling an odd new product called Package Guard, "a Frisbee sized, wi-fi-enabled device that alerts a user when a package has been delivered and set on top of it. Package Guard sets off a loud alarm if anyone unauthorized tries to remove the package."
GeekWire details the frustration of one Seattle police detective. "Bach knows the crimes are happening, he knows it all spikes during the holiday season and he knows that the few thieves who are caught are likely to see little if any jail time." (Though Bach admits "We do a wide variety of undercover stings," including a recent operation involving mobile surveillance with a "major delivery company.") One Seattle man even attempted to stop thieves by installing a Ring smart doorbell to film activity on his doorstep, only to discover that this only enabled him to watch helplessly as a thief opened his package, and then successfully stole all of its contents.
Though he yelled at the video "Bring my package back now!" that thief was never caught.
GeekWire details the frustration of one Seattle police detective. "Bach knows the crimes are happening, he knows it all spikes during the holiday season and he knows that the few thieves who are caught are likely to see little if any jail time." (Though Bach admits "We do a wide variety of undercover stings," including a recent operation involving mobile surveillance with a "major delivery company.") One Seattle man even attempted to stop thieves by installing a Ring smart doorbell to film activity on his doorstep, only to discover that this only enabled him to watch helplessly as a thief opened his package, and then successfully stole all of its contents.
Though he yelled at the video "Bring my package back now!" that thief was never caught.
We're talking America you know, nothing is cheaper than life.
Not actually, most people who are all about guns are just fearful cowards that think a gun cures every problem.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
Yes.
If the asshole wasn't stealing, he'd not be in danger of getting shot, now would he?
Depends on the state you live in, but I believe in TX, you can very legally shoot someone on your property trying to steal your property.
Get enough of this going and you'll (finally) have some real deterrent to idiots doing shit like this.
It was not that many years back, in New Orleans East, a guy in his apt saw some thieves in his car trying to steal stuff, he shot at them from his balcony, one got away, the other one was dead.
They actually tried to try this guy, but no jury around here would convict him.
I think it also had to do with in the state of LA, your car is considered and extension of your home, and many same laws about protecting it cover both.
Again, my thought is...FUCK'EM...if they weren't doing something wrong, they'd not have been shot.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........