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Re:Yerka bike uses frame as lock by Gigachad on Sunday March 06, 2022 @11:29PM (#30584230)
My favorite method was the guy who doesn't lock his bike at all and just sticks airtags on it and when it goes missing, calls the police who recover the bike and collect the thief

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-fn0yCdqHg

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Re:Yerka bike uses frame as lock by tgsovlerkhgsel on Sunday March 06, 2022 @11:43PM (#30584300)
Assumes police that gives a shit (and has the resources to give a shit).
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Re:Yerka bike uses frame as lock by numlock86 on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:31AM (#30585455)
Be careful with that. Depending on where you live this can be seen as "incitement for robbery" (or whatever the correct term is) which is a crime in itself at some places even.
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Re:Yerka bike uses frame as lock by chrischen on Monday March 07, 2022 @04:00AM (#30585636)
Boo, this is victim blaming. Is this actually a real crime? Or are you referring to when police do it?
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Re:Yerka bike uses frame as lock by bluGill on Monday March 07, 2022 @08:24AM (#30587417)
In some places. If in yours start complaining to local politicians. Ideally with a group of people.
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Re:Yerka bike uses frame as lock by rlpb on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:44AM (#30590026)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrapment

Read up for yourself, but I don't think that merely leaving a bike unlocked would be entrapment in any jurisdiction. The law generally requires something more, like a police officer inviting someone to go steal a bike for them.

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