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Classic "individual" vs "any" design pattern.

You want to find my specific kid for nefarious purposes or rob my specific house, modern technology makes that about a billion times easier than decades ago.

You want to find a kid for nefarious purposes or rob a house, any moron can find the nearest elementary school or drive around a subdivision watching cars pull out in the morning and swing back in 5 minutes and technology doesn't help very much at all. If anything technology makes it worse, too easy for nosy neighbor with an omnipresent cellphone to make a call.

So it's being marketed as technology makes it easier for a random scary dude to go after a random victim, but in reality the problem is crazy addicted coworker, crazy ex, crazy relative, not just random scary dude.



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