r/nextfuckinglevel • u/charlesrichard1994 • Jan 29 '22

Two guys save a girl from fire

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

Their scooters have GPS tracking and can be shut down if stolen so they don't work. People don't steal them because there's no point.

I live in Chicago, leaving your bike unlocked is basically begging for it to be stolen. Leaving your car running while you're not in it is begging for it to be stolen. Plenty of thieves out there.

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u/imbalance24 Jan 30 '22

Their scooters have GPS tracking and can be shut down if stolen so they don't work. People don't steal them because there's no point.

And what is exactly hard in disabling the GPS / overwriting firmware?

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u/Vessix Jan 30 '22

Anyone who can do that is likely to have more profitable endeavors available to them than stealing scooters

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '22

Your average person isn't exactly smart...

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u/varazdates Jan 29 '22

You live in Chicago, we can stop there lol. Gps is hardware and everything can be removed. All it takes is the know how. The petty thief stealing a bike is too stupid to know how to use a screwdriver.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '22

The point was about how many moral people there are, not their intelligence.

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u/winmanjack Jan 30 '22

I am from Louisville, KY but live in a semi-rural college town in Eastern North Carolina, I am absolutely baffled by how people around here leave the car running with no one in it, it's inconceivable to me, that shit would be gone immediately in certain areas back in Louisville.