Car Thieves vs the Almost Final GlitterBomb 5.0
Why Hacker News recommends it
Commenters link the glitter bomb series whenever package theft comes up.
What it is
Mark Rober's holiday video features the near-final version of his glitter bomb package, built to deter thieves. It is part of his series of elaborate revenge traps against porch pirates and car thieves.
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What Hacker News said
Cites ubj · 2022-12 · on “Porch pirates stole 260M packages this year”
Obligatory links to YouTuber Mark Rober's quest for vengeance against porch pirates: * Glitter Bomb 1.0 vs Porch Pirates: [LINK] * Glitter Bomb 2.0 vs Porch Pirates: [LINK] * Glitter Bomb 3.0 vs Porch Pirates: [LINK] * Exploding Glitter Bomb 4.0 vs Package Thieves: [LINK] * Car Thieves vs the Final Glitter Bomb 5.0: [this video]
Cites hbarka · 2023-02 · on “99 phones in handcart make Google Maps traffic jam, turn green street red (2020)”
Geolocation data on practically everyone, with unique identifiers. If Google had a crime analysis unit, they could easily "data science" the identity of these organized criminals breaking into cars daily in the Bay Area. The cumulative damage to society that these few individuals cause is great. Predatory patterns: [this video]
Cites srcreigh · 2023-04 · on “Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed to Death in SF”
Mark Rober has a series where he builds fake packages with cameras, stink bombs, etc. Goal is to get vengeance against car thieves in SF since police do nothing. [this video]