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bhanceon A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado

bike index has an open API

bhanceon A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado

Here is just one example https://www.portland.gov/code/14/b90

check out "14B.90.080 Reporting of Secondhand Dealer Transactions"

details differ by state and city, but the gist is "electronic records of serials are transmitted to law enforcement" etc. Also items are held for a while, not sold immediately.

bhanceon A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado

States enforce pawn laws through electronic systems like LEADS. FB, offerup, and every other platform out there letting thieves fence things with impunity could implement same.

bhanceon A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado

also Offerup. Please, please please.

bhanceon A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado

PS there are other CO shop robbery bikes in here, we just didn't spell them all out. But we have confirmations on others.

bhanceon A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado

Yes, those GG bikes are confirmed. And yes its on PB somewhere in the forums. And many Colorado FB groups, which is how new victims which we knew nothing about are now trickling in. Please spread it wherever you can.

bhanceon A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado

Guess I'll just run with this: Since this article was published, here's what has transpired

My inbox became:

a) various cyclists in Mexico giving me more info b) new victims who have read the article, identifying their stolen bikes in this guy's sales that we posted, including commercial shop robberies c) people sending copies of his "official message" to his clients he posted, in which he denies the claims we make and essentially calls us liars, etc and asks for his customers support

After that, Mexican Cycling FB picked it up. FWIW Mex cycling folks are awesome, we had some really good input and comms with folks in that community.

For about 24 hours the store would remove any negative comments from their page from cyclists and/or customers, far as we could tell, and all his customers were chiming in how much of a great shop he was with great deals and great service. Nobody would address the proof we posted of stolen in his sales.

As of an hour ago (?) or so the guys page is now gone.

bhanceon A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado

... and this serial-search system is closed to the public, whereas Bike index makes this possible to everybody.

bhanceon A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado

Hello. Article author here. Hit me up if anybody has questions.

bhanceon Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if they’re stolen

A seriously large amount of the goods on Offerup are stolen. It's insane.

bhanceon Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels?

The Atavist's "Mastermind" series re: Paul Le Roux - https://magazine.atavist.com/the-mastermind

bhanceon A Seattle vigilante who beats the police to bike thieves

Instant CL TOS violation and would get you C&D'd. There have been stolen-goods-finding sites shut down by CL for less than that ...

bhanceon Seattle vigilante reuniting stolen bikes with their owners

Nobody uses the NBR .., they're basically just selling stickers. When you dig into how many LE agencies use them, it's like ... six. Maybe even less.

BikeIndex.org, though - which is mentioned in the article because that's what the batman is referencing - is totally open and has over 220+ national partners and over 70k bikes on file.