They have protected against everything except gangs of savage brigands, so that is probably what they will get.
I did not go to the link to finish the story. The author, actually considering stealing, was disturbing.
This could work very successfully in a populace that has common values based on Christian morals. Not so much in atheist-dominant areas, tho. But the day isn’t far off when most low-level labor will be done by robot, just like robots clean and dry our clothes and dishes and answer our phones. One man to control 6 lawnmowing robots, one maid to control a dozen vacuuming, dusting and toilet cleaning robots (still need a human to make the bed, tho, for a while).
The unions will hate it - government workers will be their only clients.
It is simply the test bed for the coming Bureau of Pre-Crime.