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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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