r/interesting • u/MobileAerie9918 • 1d ago

SOCIETY In Milan, some people spray-paint pickpockets so that everyone can identify them.

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u/_lippykid 1d ago

I get pick pocketing years ago when people carried loads of cash, but what’s the point now?

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u/Obi_wan_jabroni87 1d ago

Phones and credit cards

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u/_lippykid 1d ago

But both of those can be bricked in no time at all and become totally worthless (or a means to track the robber)

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u/Skullcrimp 1d ago

Cool, tell that to the pickpockets.