ryanmercerDec 2018Strongly recommends
>I don't even know what this Mark person did, but going by comments here, Oh man, watch the video on his YouTube. It's pure comedic gold. ▶ this video
in “Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves” · View on HN
Glitter Bomb 1.0 vs Porch Pirates
Glitter Bomb 1.0 vs Porch Pirates on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2018–2024.
Mark Rober
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Mark Rober builds a glitter-bomb booby-trapped package to take revenge on porch pirates, filming the thieves' reactions. Some reactions were later acknowledged as partially staged.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked as the funny, famous porch-pirate revenge video whenever package theft comes up, with the faked-reactions caveat noted.
- people recommended it
- 3
- separate months
- 3
- strong recommendations
- 1
- discussed on HN
- 2018–2024
“watch the video on his YouTube. It's pure comedic gold.”
What HN commenters said
11 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
mdanielOct 2024Recommends
> There are some neat videos out there where people make their own The "glitter bomb" series is pretty funny: ▶ this video
in “So thieves broke into your storage unit again” · View on HN
ubjDec 2022Recommends
Obligatory links to YouTuber Mark Rober's quest for vengeance against porch pirates: * Glitter Bomb 1.0 vs Porch Pirates: ▶ this video * Glitter Bomb 2.0 vs Porch Pirates: [link] * Glitter Bomb 3.0 vs Porch Pirates: [link] * Exploding Glitter Bomb 4.0 vs Package Thieves: [link] * Car Thieves vs the Final Glitter Bomb 5.0: [link]
in “Porch pirates stole 260M packages this year” · View on HN
EtheryteMay 2021Cites it
As seen in the glitter bomb experiment [0], many package thieves simply drive a few blocks, open the package and then toss whatever isn't valuable. Not that likely it will give you much useful to go on. [0] ▶ this video
in “I mailed an AirTag and tracked its progress” · View on HN
nikk1Jan 2020Cites it
There is a youtube video out where someone created a decoy package and left it on their porch until someone stole it. The theif opened the package only for it to explode glitter everywhere. ▶ this video
in “Who’s Watching Your Porch?” · View on HN
gxonDec 2019Cites it
Is an unconfirmed sense of schadenfreude really worth losing more money for a theft? Maybe it's worth it if the device is also streaming video so you can share the experience with the world, e.g. ▶ this video Also, it's probably more likely that the device gets triggered accidentally than it is likely to get stolen.
in “Thieves Are Using Bluetooth to Target Vehicle Break-Ins” · View on HN
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bigiainDec 2019Cites it
Reminds me of the NASA guy who built a glitter bomb and filmed people who stole packages from doorsteps: ▶ this video
in “Thieves Are Using Bluetooth to Target Vehicle Break-Ins” · View on HN
rjf72Dec 2018Cites it
If you haven't seen the exact video he's referencing it's here [1]. It certainly was nothing like just "fuzzy phone video". He had 360 degree video with fine detail clearly showing the thieves' faces up close, vehicles, and so on. His bait package also had GPS and several of the thieves took the packages home to open them. You can't have more condemning evidence. But this all begs the question. I expect that those thieves were indeed arrested, unlike the ones he caught on his home surveillance system stealing packages where indeed it was just some video snippets of the thieves taken from cameras several meters away. [1] - ▶ this video
in “Amazon driver arrested after taking GPS 'bait' package off Washington Co. porch” · View on HN
sah2edDec 2018Cites it
You are being over-dramatic. He clearly mentions Sean and even includes a couple of frames in the video of Sean working on the device's PCB. Start here: ▶ this video
in “What Is Glitter?” · View on HN
rdtscJul 2024Critical
Ugh, that's disappointing. My son really likes Mark, we've been watching his videos and even got this Build Boxes things to build every month. Sean got 300K views and Mark Robers video 91M. Mark claims he built it ▶ this video , he had the sketch done first and the CAD drawings, the he "hit up his buddy Sean, who is good with this type of small electronic stuff". So Mark claims Sean did just the electronics.
in “Jigsaw Puzzle Robot [pdf]” · View on HN
nkurzDec 2018Critical
Rober's full statement is here: -- Note about 2 missing the reactions in the video- I was presented with information that caused me to doubt the veracity of 2 of the 5 reactions in the video. These were reactions that were captured during a two week period while the device was at house 2 hours away from where I live. I put a feeler out for people willing to put a package on their porch and this person (who is a friend of a friend) volunteered to help. To compensate them for their time and willingness to risk putting a package on their porch I offered financial compensation for any successful recoveries of the package. It appears (and I've since confirmed) in these two cases, the “thieves" were actually acquaintances of the person helping me. From the footage I received from the phones which intentionally only record at specific times, this wasn’t clear to me. I have since removed those reactions from the original video (originally 6:26-7:59). I’m really sorry about this. Ultimately, I am responsible for the content that goes on my channel and I should have done more here. I can vouch for that the reactions were genuine when the package was taken from my house. Having said that, I know my credibly is sort of shot but I encourage you to look at the types of videos I’ve been making for the past 7 years. This is my first ever video with some kind of “prank" and like I mentioned in the video it’s pretty removed from my comfort zone and I should have done more. I’m especially gutte
in “Video of Glitter Bomb for Package Thieves Exposed as Partial Fake” · View on HN
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Engineering & making (other)Documentaries & storytellingLaw, policing & justiceglitter bombporch piratesmark roberengineering prank