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by jimmygrapes 1531 days ago
I believe it's the availability of the information (or lack thereof) that contributes to the low rate of intentional burglary. Addicts and opportunists don't generally know ahead of time which place has what stuff worth stealing, for now. If that data was available to them somehow, they might be more choosy, and you'd also increase the type of premeditated burglary that is currently kept low by the risk/reward balance leaning strongly towards risk.
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correct. all it takes is one meth head telling buddies that it's the google for free electronics -- a perfect pivot for when they go public and sell the data further down the line, might as well just SaaS that part now.
I don't think meth heads will be buying obscure datasets and sifting through them to find the optimal houses to burglarize.
Not yet, at least. Meth heads of the future? Quite possibly.