London, the capital of phone snatching

London, the capital of phone snatching
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by ifndefgt

13 comments
  1. So cruel to do that to someone. Its a guarantee that karma will pay them back.

  2. Stolen from recent thread (for iPhone users):

    Go to the Shortcuts App, click on Automation in the bottom tabs, click the + to add a new automation, type in and select airplane mode then switch to “on” and “run immediately”. Tap “new blank automation”, add action, type “lock” then select “Lock Screen”, type and select “wait” and change to 2 seconds, type and select “airplane mode” to turn it off so you can track your phone.

    This locks your phone when someone activates airplane mode, which is what phone snatchers do. It then deactivates airplane mode so your phone is now locked and can be tracked.

    Remember to disable the shortcut before flying and have legitimate reason to use airplane mode.

    Sorry I can’t add attribution atm.

  3. Like something out of a nature documentary, patrolling an area looking for a viable target kinda like birds of prey.

  4. So on Sunday I was walking in Limehouse and a cop car pulled up and asked if anyone had seen some guys on bikes and we all said no, they sped off.

    Then I saw two more cop cars searching around the same area.

    Seems like the criminals used the Rotherhithe Tunnel to escape to Surrey Quays and they probably keep switching between the two since they can easily lose the police in the tunnel because of all the congestion.

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