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... or just to chop off the victim fingers ... Outside HN context, people in general are not that literate when it comes to tech. Maybe I underestimate it but
by edwinnathaniel 13y ago
... or just to chop off the victim fingers ...
Outside HN context, people in general are not that literate when it comes to tech. Maybe I underestimate it but judging from minimum data around me, there's a very good reason why only a select-few companies are known by the majority of the world.
- Amadou 13y agoChopping off the fingers has all kinds of barriers. First, it takes a much larger empathy gap to physically hurt someone in such a visceral fashion versus simply threatening them with violence in order to mug them. Second, the owner has to be involved in order to chop off their fingers. That means simply stealing it while it is unattended or even pick-pocketing it while the owner is distracted aren't options. My impression is that those are much more common cases than muggings.