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0 pointsjudk11y ago0 comments

And here we have the distinction between reality and wishful thinking

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superuser211y ago· 4 in thread

Eh, not necessarily. I have an iOS 7 iPhone with a PIN and Find my iPhone; it has no resale value without my AppleID password, which is necessary to wipe the device. My credit card is a useless piece of plastic the moment I get to a phone and have it disabled. There is really no incentive to rob me on the street unless I'm carrying my laptop, but I'm pretty conservative about where/when I do that.

We can certainly lower the rewards for street robbery while keeping the risks high; Apple took a pretty major step already.

DanBC11y ago

> My credit card is a useless piece of plastic the moment I get to a phone and have it disabled.

Let's hope street robbers don't start kidnapping people and milking the balance out of their accounts over a few days rather than just robbing cards.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/2382134.print/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-400032/Teenager-kidn...

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/armed-gang-kidnapped-...

JoeAltmaier11y ago

That's a very different crime than simple robbery. 5 years to life. May as well kill the victim.

jotm11y ago

Don't worry, the thugs who rob you are so smart and tech-savvy that they already know how to unlock the iPhones and drain your card in minutes.

...Or, they have no fucking clue and will just take everything you have on you because they're mugging you :-)

StavrosK11y ago

Your comment is circular reasoning. GP says "they have no reason to mug me", and you say "they're mugging you because they're mugging you".

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