I get that, but it's going to end up as us paying to be human-data-as-a-product at this point.

I'd rather deprive the company of both sets of income in this case.

Thanks for reminding me to delete my twitter account. I keep forgetting to do it.

Seriously though - "we" are the products for media companies like twitter. They harvest our personal information and resell it, right? We know this. This is just additional revenue streaming for them. Why should I pay to be somebody's product? They don't provide a useful enough service for people like me to keep the service.

When that happens, the masses stop using it. You can have tons of followers, but if they are all bots because the masses have pretty much lefts, well... what do you really have at that point?

Either helps prevent or helps potential victims spot predators before they are in grab/strike range.

The thing is, breaking into cars is usually done either in secluded places where a flash light won't be seen (secluded as in, farther side of the parking lot or otherwise far enough away from prying eyes) or at a time when most people aren't otherwise up and about.

You don't see too many sprees during the day (barring a remote/unmonitored location), although a smash and grab can easily happen any time.