"When I moved here 24 years ago, I had bars on the windows to prevent people from breaking in. Around 20 thieves have fallen for the bait this year -- only to be filmed by a camera above the door. In recent weeks police and couriers have advised consumers to have packages delivered to workplaces, in safe lockers or at the home a neighbor who is guaranteed to be in. On the lighter but more sophisticated side, a former NASA engineer named Mark Rober, angry over seeing a package stolen from outside his home in broad daylight, spent months building a gadget to exact revenge on porch pirates. And just about everywhere in the US, authorities are waking up to the phenomenon of porch pirates.

Source: The Nation Bangkok December 22, 2018 01:52 UTC