Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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I think many people underestimate the level of impulsivity associated with crime.
The average criminal who breaks and enters is not doing research based off your bumper stickers to determine your weekend routine so the house is empty.
They usually are just walking down the neighbourhood and spot an open door, run in and grab valuables then leave.
The baby on board sticker is mainly to alert EMS services to look in case of a car crash and possible ejection of the child.
This is why I have no bumper stickers on my car at all. I’m tempted to get rid of my veteran license plate, but the normal one costs quite a bit more and says “in god we trust”.
I go "Gray Man Theory" with my car and try to blend in as much as absolutely possible. I drive a popular reliable car in a popular color with a standard license plate and no stickers. I figure there is no reason to stand out and cars are some of the easiest ways to waste a ton of money.
I've genuinely considered putting a 'Thin Blue Line' flag or MAGA sticker on it just because it'd make cops in the area think of me as a friendly but I don't think I could live with myself.
I had briefly considered putting a Luigi bumper sticker, but then promptly decided against it.
I've got a pirate flag that says "I'd rather be drinking rum". I never drink and drive, but I like reminding everyone to pirate things.
In high school, I used to look for the most offensive bumper stickers possible. My favorite was from a band I liked that said "Genitorturers sodomized my honor student". Let's just say that parents of other kids did not like it.
It's not wrong. Not quite as much info as following the average person on socials, but it can be a lot of info at a glance.
Once had a cop show up one day, just asking about something going on in the area, and noticed an empty TV box by my trash can outside. Suggested I uh, don't do that. Basically a big sign pointing to my house "brand new TV inside!". Not done that since.
My solution for the tv box is unfolding the box inside out and tying it into a bundle if it doesn’t fit in a recycling box. Also maybe don’t put out your boxes right after Black Friday or holidays.
I cut up the cardboard and use it for various things around the house, like putting it under the car when I do an oil change, or as liners for the wire rack shelving in my cold storage.
"How's Max doing?"
"Max is fine"
hangs up
"Your Foster Parents... are Dead"
Plot Twist: The Dog's name is actually Wolfie, the car sticker is a trick to fool mass surveillance.
Take that, Skynet!
(Sorry if this is offtopic, but I had to post it)
A friend advised me to put lots of Hello Kitty stickers on my bike so that nobody would want to steal it. I wonder if the same logic applies here.
From what I can tell, Hello Kitty is pretty hot right now
Especially among 4 year old girls, but the kitty merch is a different story.
Also 20 year old college students trust me on this
Only bumper sticker I have says "shoot your local predator" with a camera (thanks anxiety war!) What does that say about me?
My NIN sticker says I still live in 1994
They forgot to add political stickers which make you a target for the extremists who don't agree with you.
gonna put all of those in my car to confuse people targeting me 😎
I put an NRA sticker on mine, not because I support them or own a gun, but because this helps me get rid of tailgating cars behind me
Same thing could work with a support the police sticker.
But then you might get keyed
Which, I hear, is very common
Doesn't really work though.
Source: me, tailgating the boomer in his 2004 Silverado extended cab with a gigantic bed cap because we're going 37 in a 50 and I don't have all day
Damn. If only there was a way that cars could pass each other.
The inability to legally pass is implied
I dunno, I like going slow- that is to say near the limit- and will have people ride me the entire time in a passing zone or blaze past me in a double yellow.
Edit: It's the best because I get to watch these same cars pull into the parking lot 500 yards down the road. Really saved them the extra fraction of a second.
I remember for a while back in the late 90's maybe, a lot of kids would have one of those custom airbrushed shirts youd get at a flea market or county fair with their name in BIG BOLD and colorful lettering all the way across the front.
Little kids playing at their local park could easily be approached by a stranger saying, "hey joey! Your mom told be to pick you up. She's in the hospital and we have to leave right now!" The panicked child follows the man who is seemingly confirmed sent by his mom because he knows his first name, forgetting anyone who's not legally blind within a block of him also knows his name.
Luckily we don't see much of that these days. Creeps are now limited to accessing merely every single detail of a child's life because mom runs a Facebook or Instagram for their child.
This looks more like paranoia than tips about privacy. Everyone has a fucking giant TV inside their home. Everyone has hobbies.
Unless you are actively targeted by some psycho... or the police. This just makes everyone thinks everyone else around them is out to rob and steal from them. But being from the US and from the police, it's not very surprising. You also need a gun to protect yourself and your family from potential home invaders, you never know because the country is full of robbers and violent people! Don't trust anyone! Just get your kids from school in your giant bulletproof SUV and drive straight to your McMansion where you can barricade yourself with all your precious stuff. In fact you should also take care to hide your McMansion behind a fake facade of poor people's houses to avoid having less fortunate people target it as a potential place to rob.
Every poor person is plotting to rob you! So if you show clues and get robbed, it's gonna be your fault and the police will let you know you were stupid for putting a dirt bike sticker on your expensive SUV.
Anyway, this is all just ridiculous in the first place. If someone wants to know you're not home and steal crap from you, stickers or not, you're already sitting in your fucking car, while not being home. It's already a pretty big clue. Otherwise, are home invaders that diligent in the first place? Are they going to stalk people before robbing their home? Really, the stickers on my expensive SUV parked in front of my big house and the big garage is indicating that there might be expensive crap in my house and in my garage? I'm shocked to see how revealing those stickers can be!
In fact, this being from the police just shows how much they profile and judge the shit out of people before even speaking to them.
Yeah; as a black person, the whole thing was just so obviously in the vein of White Flight rhetoric, etc.
I wonder what my classic white oval sticker that says "meh" tells people about me, being the only sticker on my car
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We’re getting a whole introduction?? Why not put your SSN on there while you’re at it?
Baphomet pentagram is the only car decal a guy needs
I have a single Pikachu sticker that says "ピカチュズキ" (Pikachuzuki) on my Suzuki. It throws people off because I'm not Japanese.
i mean, here you can just type the plate number into an open government website and it shows your home address. not really seeing a lot of consequences of that.
Yeah, this is more on the 'paranoid' end of the spectrum without being very effective. If you're being surveiled or targeted, there's plenty to dig up already.
No need to shrink away from expressing yourself. and this breeds a mistrust against your neighbors or community.
It kind of vibes more with the MAGAsphere's whole the world is full of scary criminals and terrorists around every corner ready to hurt you mindset, so you'd better gun up, stay tuned into Newsmax, and not leave your house. When I think of privacy, I'm thinking of things at a societal level, corporations, governments, etc. Not oh god the guy down the street is out to get me.
I thought for a minute this was a /c/FuckCars meme. I'm disappointed.
The baby should not be on a board—the baby should be in a seat!!!
The amount of "OREGUNIAN" and Sig Sauer decals on people trucks, cars and the occasional Jeep Liberty in my area is tragically comical. Just drive through any neighborhood where garages aren't common and you could pick out ten houses to rob later.
You couldn't ask for a bigger target to paint on yourself.
I wonder what my Trogdor the Burninator sticker is secretly telling people about me.
"I'm a millennial who was on the internet before it was cool and likely work in IT. Also I have good taste in videos."
I’m not a millennial, but I do kinda sorta work in IT, so half guilty as charged. Back to practicing my consummate Vs now.
Honestly though you got me there, I think being on Lemmy is a much stronger predictor of someone working in IT than whether or not they watched Homestar Runner, haha.
Like shot in the dark accusations of IT work here you'll hit someone 9 times out of 10.