r/interestingasfuck • u/AdministrativeMud907 • 5d ago

A girl saves her boyfriend from a robbery by pointing a machine gun at two armed robbers.(Texas) r/all

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u/cat2phatt 5d ago

What kind of robbers were these that allowed him to pick up his phone when he dropped it?

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u/MaleficentCoach6636 5d ago

people will rob you via cashapp or venmo burner accounts, you can make 1 transaction before they ban it so they make the victim send them money and then send the money off the burner account before it gets banned

also up volume and power button is how to disable Faceid on iphone. people forget that physical wallets are getting phased out for your digital smart phone wallet. corporations are already dealing with crypto robberies it was only a matter of time before that style of crime is passed on to the avg person

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u/arichnad 5d ago

Excuse my ignorance, but why does disabling faceid help? If they can compel you to give them your login pin, or password, or anything, I'm not sure how disabling faceid helps anything. Everything else you said really makes sense, thanks.

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u/gastrognom 5d ago

I think that's the point. They can get your faceid or fingerprints by force, but login pin and passwords only by torture or threats. So they might be willing to go the length, but who knows.

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u/bestthingyet 5d ago

"let's find out"

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u/tetsuomiyaki 5d ago

"mr broken fingers might know half your pin, maybe mr shot kneecap knows the other half?"

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u/Thelovebel0w 4d ago

Thanks for the laugh 😆

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u/bluedaddy664 4d ago

Yea, you don’t log in and get shot. No thanks.

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u/JonatasA 5d ago

Everybody knows. Do not resist, that's how people die or worse.

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u/19katie2 5d ago edited 5d ago

I wouldn't resist giving up my stuff, you're right, not worth it. But there's no way I'm ever letting anyone take me to a 2nd location.

Plus, those dudes aren't wearing masks, so they're either really stupid, crazy, or didn't plan on leaving that guy as a witness. Not a good sign.

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u/AssociateCareless850 5d ago

What's worse than being dead from this situation

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u/Calypsosin 5d ago

I use faceid for entry into apps and such, but for my phone itself, there's a code. It was fairly obvious early on that for basic phone security, unlocking the phone with faceid is sketchy. Being a casual pot smoker my focus was always on preventing police access to my phone without my permission, never thought about someone trying to force me to open it otherwise. Though, really, what's the difference between police trying to get into your phone vs. an armed robber? Nothing at all.

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u/rbatra91 5d ago

Dawg they have a gun just give them the 500$ lmao

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u/derps_with_ducks 4d ago

I have an idea. An app that doesn't let you transfer cash if it detects your heart rate to be over 110bpm.

Secure yourself against robbers and panic buys!

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u/Lithl 4d ago

And horny buys!

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u/CrazyCletus 4d ago

"Every minute you do not tell us your PIN, I cut off a finger."

"Mine or yours?"

"Yours"

"Damn"

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u/damienreave 5d ago

Kidnapping, sure. But we can't threaten the guy, that's too far.

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u/MaleficentCoach6636 5d ago

every criminal looks for easy targets to get in and ou without getting caught, if your phone doesn't have faceid then you are no longer an easy target to quickly steal from.

think of it like robbing a car, if the window has no tint then it becomes an easy target to scan + get in and out. but if the windows have dark tint then you would have to put your face up to it and shine a flashlight to see inside(this would become more of an organized crime activity as you would scan it and then come back later to steal, this is more common with sound systems and wheels).

the car alarm wouldn't make a difference since their goal is to get in and out, a lot like robbing a person, but a hard to open center console, locked glovebox, or inability to pull back the rear seats would be enough to leave without trying.

sometimes all it really takes is a simple line of defense to deter crime

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u/bluedaddy664 4d ago

If you are smart, you already know a car is carrying a load of contraband or money.

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u/AlienAle 5d ago

I have them disabled because in the event of a robbery, I want it to be my choice rather I give it to them or not. They also can't get it if I'm dead. 

Also most people doing robberies in my area are kids who might rough you up but unlikely to go as far as to kill you, but they can mess with you if they can access your phone. There have been sadistic gangs of teens that have attacked a victim, then taken their phone and stripped them naked or made them do some humiliating acts, and then threatened to send the material to their entire contact list/post on social media if they tell anyone about the robbery. Which is pretty easy for them to do if they can unlock your phone by just pointing it at you.

Plus any other sensitive material on your phone would end up in their hands. 

I prefer to have a long password on my phone, and a secured folder with an additional password and two-step verification for more secure stuff. 

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u/LMAO_try_again 4d ago

You don’t think kids will kill you? A couple of years ago I was at a park where some teens were at and another KIDS just rolled up and shot him in the head over bullshit.

I don’t have no issues with anything else you said, but don’t sleep on these crazy little fuckers nowadays.

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u/JonatasA 5d ago

It will help of you realize someone is about to steal your phone from your.

 Otherwise yea, do not try to deny them access.

 

Edit:

By a second bank phone. Do not leave the house with it. Open a second account for daily use instead.

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u/FreeAssange- 5d ago

What everyone else said, but also keeps the cops out 👍 police can make you use your finger or face id, but they can't make you remember a phone password

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u/no_brains101 5d ago edited 5d ago

They can kill you and use your face, but not your pin. It also takes only like 2 seconds to point the phone at them, but longer to force someone to give you the pin. Longer than they want to be engaged with the person for. Not having face id, and especially having a phone that looks like it doesn't have face id can save you here.

You can also sometimes wrap a picture of your face around a mannequin, so they can just look for your Facebook... Depends how good the picture or the implementation of faceID is. I can confirm that this worked at one point but maybe not anymore... You could do it when it first came out though...

If you have an iPhone, they might assume it does have face id. And also that you have money to burn because you bought a status symbol that doesn't do anything extra outside of having a good camera. But a budget android and they'll pick someone else.

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u/Deal_Hugs_Not_Drugs 5d ago

Calm down android fanboy, save some pussy for the rest of us

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u/no_brains101 5d ago

Im not an android fanboy. Or a fangirl. Im a fan of paying 150$ for a phone because i dont need a good camera.

Im pretty anti apple though, their "walled garden" of overpriced accessories with compatibility issues with anything else makes me question anyone's sanity who buys them.

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u/send-fat-dick-pics 5d ago

and yet your $150 phone’s “face id” can be fooled with a picture and probably doesn’t get updates for more than 6 months… there are real reasons to use an iphone. i’ve used both over the last decade and it’s just a better experience

besides, most people in america are on the phone their carrier rents to them anyway. cost isn’t an issue for me, and i picked iphone. same goes for most of us.

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u/ParsonsTheGreat 5d ago

Why do Apple fan boys always get so angry and judgemental anytime anyone says "eh, I prefer Android"? There are advantages and disadvantages to both, get over it already lol

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u/Deal_Hugs_Not_Drugs 5d ago

That’s not what they said, they literally said Apple was a waste of money.

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u/no_brains101 5d ago

No, my phone doesnt have face id and never has. I tested on an iphone.

And iphones STOP RECIEVING UPDATES.... So do macs. They do it more often than other companies. Thats an apple thing, and its designed to make you buy a new phone or computer just so that you can have a secure device....

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u/send-fat-dick-pics 5d ago

I never said forever, i said more than a few months. this is the problem with you android people, strawman arguments. nothing gets updates forever.

as for consumer cellphones, apple support is typically the longest. even flagship androids typically only gets updates for a year.

would love to see the source and results of your “testing” too - the nature of the tech makes that highly implausible at best. you’re the one going on about implementations here bud

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u/no_brains101 5d ago

What do you mean the results of my "testing"

I printed off a mesh of a picture of my friends face and wrapped it around a mannequin she had and it let me in... I did it to convince her to turn off faceID and it worked.

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u/send-fat-dick-pics 5d ago

I really doubt that. You gonna provide any proof or just an anecdote?

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u/no_brains101 5d ago

Nothing before iphone 10 works anymore

But i will concede, my memory was lacking, I looked it up, they both have support for pretty much the exact same amount of time, but android needs to support a lot of different types of devices, whereas apple only has to support their phone model.

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u/send-fat-dick-pics 5d ago

Emergency security updates come for much longer. Not to mention - iPhone X was released in 2017. That’s a long time ago.

And is that not an argument squarely in apple’s favor? Insecure is insecure. After 7 years I’m almost certainly gearing up for a replacement anyway, whereas an android would have ran its entire useful lifecycle much faster.

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u/PM_ME_UR_SM0L_BOOBS 5d ago

In this situation disabling face id just increases your likelihood of getting beat tf up or shot. Just give them the money, it's not worth dying to try and save a few bucks

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u/Deal_Hugs_Not_Drugs 5d ago

I would think it has to do with giving the person alive and conscious versus knocking them out, holding the phone in front of their face and then trying to do stuff yourself.

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u/Justepourtoday 5d ago

Okey but then... Like, there is a trace where that burner account sent the money?

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u/CORN___BREAD 5d ago

It would make more sense if they’re buying crypto and transferring it out immediately but I’m not sure if there are waiting periods before transferring. Venmo and cash app both have crypto purchasing built in.

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u/Justepourtoday 5d ago

It would be pretty interesting to know the details of it, from an outside perspective it seems like a no brainer that police could contact those corporations and see where the burner account sent the money

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u/Giwaffee 4d ago

There are many restrictions on what the police can do, especially for things like things like this which (sad but true) come down to petty theft. Someone money laundering millions? Yeah sure, banks and police will go after that (if they even spot that at all), but things like this, you'd need to file a report, have evidence, go to court, then that court mandates the banks to release info to the police about that account (which will probably be a burner account as well, it's common to get youngsters to open accounts in their name for a small buck, then use that account to slush funds through), so then you'd have to trace that as well, which usually goes axross borders. Now you need to involve another country (if they are even inclined to cooperate), their police, their court systems and laws, their banks, and start everything all over again.

Unless it revolves around organised crime or large amounts, it most often is not worth it / futile

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u/Justepourtoday 5d ago

What part of "I would like to know the details" wasn't clear? And I'm not talking about the victims, whcih clearly can't make the company give them records about other accounts, but about the police

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u/Ammonia13 4d ago

The cops don’t care

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u/MaleficentCoach6636 5d ago

no one cares kid

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u/BetterCranberry7602 5d ago

Volume up and power button is screenshot

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u/McSchmieferson 5d ago

They mean holding volume up and power until you get to the Slide to Power Off/Medical ID/Emergency Call screen. Navigating to that screen temporarily disables FaceID until you unlock the phone with your passcode.

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u/MaleficentCoach6636 5d ago

idk how old ur iphone is but hold those buttons down, you can easily do this in your hand without the other person noticing. use whatever buttons that make you retype your passcode or dont use faceid. i always disable faceid when i travel

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u/christianslay3r 5d ago

A real robber will rob you digitally without your consent or knowledge, physical robberies are performed by complete idiots.

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u/replyforwhat 4d ago

if only they could trace where the burner account sends the money... if only we lived in such a world

truth is police departments aren't going to spend time on it whether they take a hundred bucks in cash or make you venmo it to them at gunpoint

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u/JonatasA 5d ago

When we get standard money transactions for free for everybody like in some nations already, it will reach national news.

Also, Android also has this. You can toggle an option that you can lock your phone to only accept your password, turning off the fingerprint sensor. It should be as commonplace as Apple's option to turn off faceid

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u/ThePerfumeCollector 5d ago

Volume up plus power button is screenshot or for powering down if you hold it. How do you know so much about crime, you sound like a detective or something

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u/Fukasite 5d ago

Let people know you need to hold them for a couple seconds or it won’t work 

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u/Tiny_Bee_2733 5d ago

Would someone ever reuse the same burner venmo account?

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u/theMARxLENin 4d ago

Can't they track where money were sent off the burner account?

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u/WaterBear9244 4d ago

You might want to clarify that you need to hold those buttons until it brings up the power off screen lol. I just sat here for like 5 mins taking screenshots

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u/legit-a-mate 4d ago

‘Already dealing with crypto robberies’

Electronic bank theft has occurred for decades now, although most banking security online is incredibly robust, and not a reasonable vector for an ‘average’ person. The ‘digital’ wallet? Can’t remember the last time I had to pay for anything with cash and without a card option. There’s no ‘movement’. It makes sense to use my phone if it can replicate the same thing a card reader picks up off my debit/credit cards then why wouldn’t you consolidate them in that fashion and save yourself some real estate in your pockets?

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u/mopmango 4d ago

Volume up and power just takes a screenshot on my phone

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u/potent_flapjacks 4d ago

Up volume and power button doesn't do anything for me.

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u/da_innernette 4d ago

Doesn’t pressing the volume up button and power button just… take a screenshot?

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u/Ammonia13 4d ago

Wait what?

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u/MetallicGray 5d ago

That’s just a screen shot…

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u/No-Marzipan-978 5d ago

If you hold them down it disables Face ID

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u/MetallicGray 5d ago

Ohhh I got it now

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u/gnoomee 5d ago

you can also press the power button 5 times.

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u/Nrlilo 5d ago

Nice, I’ve been wondering if there was an easier way to do that. Had heard using Siri to ask who’s phone this is supposed to do that but it’s not reliable