>>>Here's a case of what can happen when people voluntarily give up their privacy:
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>>>http://www.itpro.co.uk/620671/i-twitter-therefore-please-rob-me
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>>These guys do make a good point. The technical progress makes many things easier - a common thief used to have to count the uncollected newspapers on the lawn to see who's out for days. Now there's the intertubes to make their job fun.
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>That's why the British system of having a letter box slot in your front door, and a non-drive-thru (well, cycle-thru) mentality to its delivery, is better.

Looking at the size of newspaper the neighbor's lawn is littered with, that slot would have to be sufficiently sized to allow a whole hand to be inserted. Also, American tradition dictates throwing the newspaper on the lawn. At least, nowadays these are shrink wrapped. I guess in the old days there was some perverse pleasure in wet newspaper.