• NASA engineer creates glitter bomb package to thwart parcel thieves
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when they just rolled up on his property, yeah. But with the bait box he had GPS locations, liscence plates, home addresses and so on.
How is this device going to trigger if it's not stolen? The device is literally designed to only trigger if the box is opened, which unless you were either: Stealing the package, or doing maintenance on the device Why else would you ever open this device?
No what you really need is for a string on the parcel to be triggered which triggers an alarm clock that oves a saw back and forth to drop a log on a crossbow trigger loaded with a kitchen knife aimed at a rope suspending a piano.
reminds me of shitty law tales we hear from time to time around here, about how for example a thief broke through a skylight during a break in, but fell and hurt himself, and then succesfully sued the owner for injury cops usually say stuff like that aswell, that if a thief breaks into your home, don't swing anything at him or you'll most likely face the law over it
Bring it on law men! You can bet I'll be swinging anything within arms reach. They probably say that stuff because it means less paperwork for them and they're not really responsible for your safety in the first place.
i would have just done something like that ink they use in anti-theft devices at clothing stores. Slide off top box, releases ink on the bottom. Probably a lower chance to blind than glitter but stains so badly
What if your dumb neighbor grandma gets really confused and thinks its actually her amazon order in some sort of wacky packaging? Literally any convoluted series of misunderstandings or accidents leading to the opening of the fake package can happen, and that's why it is technically illegal—even if all it does is throw glitter, it's still technically a booby trap. The problem is intent. It'd be one thing if, say, someone stole an iphone from your doorstep and proceeded to accidentally make the battery blow up in their face. But the fact that it is a device engineered and disguised for the sole purpose to entice and consequentially punish would-be thieves makes it legally murky.
If I were to leave a glitter bomb on the porch for would-be package thieves, I'd be sure to let my friends/relatives know about it so they don't fuck with it. Bam, problem solved. Literally nobody else has any business fucking with that box.
The issue is that some parcels are huge af, and your nearest post office is maybe 10km away. Like in my case, sometimes I have to carry it home from the post office and its tiring af. Its a risk of course, but the convenience might be worth it.
I mean like how much worse is this than the spring-loaded glitter bombs that they sell? With those you could easily get a right face full of glitter or dicks, and that might be worse than this machine that just sorta sprays it everywhere. Just a thought.
I agree, but unfortunately it doesn't work that way. By intentionally setting up something for the sole purpose of being a gotcha to some would-be thief, you are setting yourself up to be liable for anything that occurs as a result.
Tbh I'd have used permanent ink that sprays absolutely everywhere
*opens box* Box: I peed. Thief: "I peed"? The fuck does that mea- *sudden feeling of cold liquid in lap*
also because lawyers defending crooks can still fuck you in court
Update: https://twitter.com/MarkRober/status/1075766559392522242
To be honest originally I was really doubting the veracity of the videos, because I mean... those were a lot of "successes", and it's also convenient that no one bothered to take a closer look at the thing. So him saying two of the five videos were faked honestly just makes me more confident in the rest being real.
What I was told, by a pretty alarming amount of people, when I moved here to the US was to buy a gun and be prepared to just shoot to kill anyone who breaks into my home or anything, because if they're dead It's a self defense case and I can't be sued by a dead man because they stubbed their toe on my coffee table while trying to steal my TV or rape my dog. Really puts things into perspective.
Personally, I don't think it's impossible that this friend's "acquaintances" were also porch pirates who would fuck off with their own "friends'" packages.
As one of the biggest pro gun shills on this forum, I have to say this is horrible advice. You’re always going to end up in court regardless of the outcome. Some places have castle doctrine laws which help a little to protect people from criminal charges if they use lethal force to defend themselves from intruders, but that doesn’t mean people can just blast whoever steps into their house. Even if it’s determined no criminal charges will be filed since the intruder was a threat and you were 100% justified in feeling threatened enough to shoot them, the person’s family can still sue you in civil court which is almost guaranteed. Unless they’re actively threatening your safety, it’s really not worth it.
kind of makes sense, in an extremely morbid and technical way here though, I think you'll just be seen as a trigger happy gun nut that needs to be put away, even if your intentions are absolute golden
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