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My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”

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kbrannigan · 1786044045 · focus · HN ↗
Coming soon near you:
- Warming up for a run: Possible agitated tweaker, possible crisis
- Going for a run after midnight: Evasive solitary movement after dark
- Sprinting the last block home: Flight behavior consistent with shoplifting offense
- Running with a hood up in the rain: Deliberate biometric obfuscation - Two runners meeting at a corner and leaving in opposite directions: Brief contact event, possible hand-to-hand
Score increase the darker you get.
1. frereubu · 1786044153 · focus · HN ↗
  The solution is clear - an "I am a tweaker" toggle.
2. helterskelter · 1786044358 · focus · HN ↗
  2036 crime prevention, detecting this behaviour and automatically forwarding it to the police to be referenced later for probable cause.
  1. Joker_vD · 1786056915 · focus · HN ↗
    Pfft, police. Have you read Watchbird (1953) by Robert Sheckley? That's pretty much exactly where we're heading right now.
3. teddyh · 1786047963 · focus · HN ↗
  Or even taking a walk:
  <<a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_reporter_1951-08-07_5_3_0/page/39/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/sim_reporter_1951-08-07_5_3_0/pa...>
  (Alternate link: <<a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_reporter_1951-08-07_5_3/page/39/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/sim_reporter_1951-08-07_5_3/page...>)

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