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Posted by Fine, Howard, and Fine on Mon Jun 17 02:05:26 2019, in response to Re: A cool OMNY feature, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jun 16 13:32:37 2019. Having a phone stolen while riding a train is incredibly common.Most common pattern: you're sitting on the train looking at your phone. You have a bag on your lap. Maybe you're with friends who are all looking at their phones too. Just before train doors close, the thief grabs your phone and sprint out the doors. If you're not trapped in the train by closing doors, they outrun you up the steps to the street where they take off into the wild. I've seen the above happen at least a dozen times in the past decade. Occasionally especially if police are patroling a station exit they are likely to see the thief high-tailing it and grab them at the faregates. Nearly all phone thieves commit fare evasion - but not necessarily the other way around. Now, anecdotally, the incidence of phone thefts does seem to be down from a couple years ago. A couple years ago, iPhones were all the rage and most other models had little street value after being stolen. I think privacy firmware in the Apple phones has reduced the street value of stolen iphones as compared to a couple years ago. |
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