• deranger@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    There is a point: make your bag slightly less attractive to steal from. You don’t have to outrun the bear, you just have to outrun someone else.

    Thank you for being the someone else.

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      9 hours ago

      WTF are they going to steal? your underwear?

      Anyone stealing luggage won’t give a shit about some POS tumbler lock…

      The risk with your luggage is that its get lost.

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        9 hours ago

        You said there’s no point. I contend there is a point.

        The point is to make it slightly less convenient to steal from. This is the purpose of literally all locks. There are no locks that can’t be picked or bypassed. I don’t care if it’s my underwear, pants, shirts, shoes, whatever. They’re mine and I packed them because I want to use them. I’d prefer they’re not stolen, and some of my clothes are valuable, or at least I don’t want to spend the money to replace them.

        Maybe someone’s just having a shit day and wants to fuck with luggage to be obnoxious. I’d rather it not be mine, and a lock makes my bag slightly more annoying to fuck with.

        Agreed that a lost bag is much more likely than theft. I have an AirTag in my bag to help with that scenario.

    • oats@piefed.zip
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      9 hours ago

      My luggage leaves my direct sight exactly zero times. Gonna be akward to steal from it…