I became the internet’s most notorious bike thief

Re:I became the internet’s most notorious bike thief by hutzlibu on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @06:41AM (#29391089)

"It seems the only way to protect against theft is to ride an old bicycle."

Or move to the countryside, where you can usually leave your bike unlocked outside of the supermarket ...

And reading all the bike theft horror stories here, I was wondering, why GPS tracking is not more of a thing? It seems to exist, but might be hard to make use of in reality?

(because professionals jam them or remove them and the police is not too eager to do something about a stolen bike?)

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Re:I became the internet’s most notorious bike thief by hexedpackets on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @09:43AM (#29392617)

There's a complete lack of enforcement for bike thefts (at least in the US cities I've lived in). Even if you have GPS coordinates that unequivocally lead to the thief, the police won't take any action. Maybe this is different in other countries.

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Re:I became the internet’s most notorious bike thief by 1-more on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @06:51AM (#29391159)

In a city it won’t tell you which apartment the bike is in. You need to remember to charge it up: the solutions I’ve seen don’t have super long battery lives. And you need to pay monthly for the data connection. It would be cool if you could combine that tracking with an insurance policy that bundled everything together especially talking to the reticent-to-help police.

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Re:I became the internet’s most notorious bike thief by dkdk8283 on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @07:37AM (#29391459)

If you’re in the country just drive

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