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Are most phones stolen through muggings? In my experience, they're lifted from people's hands while walking, taken out of back pockets, out of lockers, from th
by jpalawaga 2y ago
Are most phones stolen through muggings?
In my experience, they're lifted from people's hands while walking, taken out of back pockets, out of lockers, from the window sill at bars/restaurants, etc.
this would certainly deter that sort of activity.
- neilv 2y agoI guess that information will also be be useful, when weighing "X% less likely that your phone is taken when your wallet is taken from your gym locker" against "Y% more likely that a mugging turns into a maiming".
- Angostura 2y agoSounds like an incentive to increase the number of muggings
- sagarm 2y agoYou could make this argument against locking your house or car, or password protecting your bank accounts, ... really any kind of security.
- neilv 2y agoNice, I didn't catch that one: Let's say that phone snatch&grab is just an easy entry point for people driven to bottom-end crime, and their current snatch&grab is suddenly no longer paying off, but the most immediate barrier to that can be gotten past, if only they step up to getting the phones in muggings.