[hirundo]

> A society where no young person feels that crime is their only option. This crime can become violent. Knife crime offences resulting in injury have increased by 22% in the last year, and 85% of violent offenders are aged between 16 and 29

I think they're saying that their workforce will include such violent offenders. Good for them. Probably most of these people need another chance and are worthy of it.

But I can't say I'd be comfortable calling them to my home. My father once hired a youth offender to do yardwork. He worked for him for several months. About a year later he came to the house with a girlfriend, robbed the occupants, and murdered two of them. They were the family I sold the house to after my father died.

Maybe my bias against violent offenders is bigotry. Surely this was a rare case. It isn't very fair to generalize. Yet I do fear them, and if I used this service I'd make an effort not to let them know where I live. It seems likely that many other people feel this way. That gives Cracked It a particularly tough hill to climb for a startup. I wish them well.

[Johnny555]

I don't think I'd be comfortable even giving them my phone unless I can wipe it first.

[TrainedMonkey]

Turning off a modern phone should make it virtually impregnable to non-state actors. Do you have specific evidence that points otherwise?

[Johnny555]

It's not clear why I have to provide evidence that my phone has any vulnerabilities to justify being my being uncomfortable handing it to a stranger with a known criminal past. Security comes in layers and one of those layers is physical security.

[throwaway888abc]

How about swap of parts / chips / batteries ? Damaged vs new vs be-broken-soon ?

Same people make very good living of it. Customer retention and profit^2. Poor those non geeks souls.

[HenryBemis]

I was thinking the exact same thing. I am giving my phone, that has photos of my home, family, loved ones, addressees, etc. etc. to someone who has a criminal past. It is like giving your kid's photo to a pedophile. I prefer if offenders handle my food instead of shitloads of private and sensitive data.

[ddrt]

Jesus, your father died and you sold a house all in the same year? My condolences.