Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
by cwkoss on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @01:46PM
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How does it make money?
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Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
by WrtCdEvrydy on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:09PM
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You can pay to remove videos of you off the platform, revenge porn site style.
Ooh, this is clever.
Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
by technofiend on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:07PM
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Rental fees from people who want to put out exactly these kind of packages to deter theft. You'd need a high deposit to cover loss of the device. On the other hand mass-producing it would certainly allow both economy of scale and substituting lower cost parts than (for example) an off-the-shelf cellphone for video capture and streaming.
Offer cash rewards.
The system takes a cut.
Crowd-sourced bounty-hunting.
Of course, once it becomes a cash transaction you're dealing with dispute resolution. "I said it was Fred" "It wasn't Fred" "Yes it was! Pay me!".