>>>>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.
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>Letter slot in your front door... there have been a few celebrated cases over here of people having garden hoses out front and not valving them off inside the house when not in use. Kids push the garden hose in through the letter slot and turn it on.

That's the least of your worries. I was panicked the other week when someone thrust a cucumber through ours and shouted "The Martians have landed!".

But seriously, petrol attacks are not unknown on some of the less desirable housing estates (projects) where kids etc terrorise vulnerable householders, eg for revenge for informing the police on them.