Please Don't Rob Me
Security and privacy
privacy awareness
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123points
113comments
#222of 2,272 in 2014
Top 10%of 2014 by points
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RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
3 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 24 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score -0.52.
Idea: 3 for, 19 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good way to raise privacy awareness
From 2 comments
Kudos to the project! I believe the best way to make people aware of privacy issues are sites like this. These "wtf am I doing?" moments are really educative.
1337biz on HNI don't think I was insinuating that junkies would use that app, nor was the author of the parent comment?
junto on HN
Objections
Burglars do not need social media to find empty homes
From 3 comments
The whole point of it is kind of moot though, an impulse burglar would just roam the neighbourhood to find a target and one with a specific target has better ways of finding out…
emilssolmanis on HNMine home address is available to anybody from local yellow pages too. Privacy is indeed important, but fear of robberies is not the reason why we should protect it. Nor is…
watwut on HNI think it's far more interesting and productive to use facebook posts for this, rather than GPS coordinates in EXIF data and comparing it with a phone book (which is essentially…
namnatulco on HN
Robbery and burglary are confused; the site should say burglary
From 2 comments
It should (and the the previous PleaseRobMe.com also made this mistake) use the word "burglary" rather than "robbery". Edits - this could just be a British difference rather than…
chippy on HNIf you're not home, then how can you be robbed? Robbery != Burglary.
pcvarmint on HN
Mobile and layout usability problems
From 4 comments
When I look at your site on my iPhone 5 in landscape mode the title changes from "Please Don't Rob Me" to just "Rob Me". You should consider fixing that.
rubiquity on HNYou've got some browser height compatibility issues [1, 2]. (I'm on Chrome on a macbook.) [1] http://cdn.imghack.se/images/c226811e44f418ab538c336f156d1b33.png [2]…
peaton on HNUmm, how do you use it? All I see is copy, no Start Here... Also, no scrollbars, and no way to scroll down to see all the copy.
datashaman on HNWhy on earth is that site made primarily for touch controls? Am I the only one who finds these sliding (vertically or horizontally, doesn't matter) sites with tons of empty space…
Aoyagi on HN
Lack of evidence that social media causes robberies
From 2 comments
It would be obviously difficult to pull off, but I'd like to see some estimations on how many robberies occurred based on information gained form social networks. I am guessing…
justinpaulson on HNMine home address is available to anybody from local yellow pages too. Privacy is indeed important, but fear of robberies is not the reason why we should protect it. Nor is…
watwut on HN
Requests
Explain how to protect yourself more prominently
From 1 comment
IMO, the how to protect yourself should be more prominent and perhaps on the first slide/page. I stopped using Instagram because I couldn't keep up with me post-dating my…
comeonnow on HN
Fix browser and mobile layout issues
From 2 comments
When I look at your site on my iPhone 5 in landscape mode the title changes from "Please Don't Rob Me" to just "Rob Me". You should consider fixing that.
rubiquity on HNYou've got some browser height compatibility issues [1, 2]. (I'm on Chrome on a macbook.) [1] http://cdn.imghack.se/images/c226811e44f418ab538c336f156d1b33.png [2]…
peaton on HN
Questions
Is this a copy of the 2010 pleaserobme.com site?
From 3 comments
Is the name meant to riff on http://pleaserobme.com, a 2010 site with similar aims?
poisontofu on HNThis has been done before (2010): http://pleaserobme.com/
webmaven on HNThis is a knockoff of a years-old site http://pleaserobme.com/
judk on HN
Alternatives named
pleaserobme.com (2010)
From 2 comments
Is the name meant to riff on http://pleaserobme.com, a 2010 site with similar aims?
poisontofu on HNThis has been done before (2010): http://pleaserobme.com/
webmaven on HN