alt Hacker News> Is "snatching a phone and running off" a common enough problem in some regions that this is worth having?
Yes absolutely
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throwaway27448 • today at 6:44 PM
Why bother stealing iPhones? Is it just for the scrap/recycle->repair value?
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Thanks! Given this was CBC, my jaw hit the floor when I saw London. I live 20 mins from London, Ontario and 70k thefts in a year would be _insane_. Then I realized it was about London, U.K. and my jaw only hit the table. 70k is still insane, though.