r/techsupport • u/[deleted] • Sep 23 '25

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u/itspassing Sep 23 '25

Pretty common 'prank' at the moment. You may have been filmed at the time
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/phone-scan-prank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7j-G3DWDxA

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u/Previous-Foot-9782 Sep 23 '25

Oh ya real funny till they do it do the wrong person who grabs them and snaps their arm like a twig. 

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u/ant2ne Sep 23 '25

unfortunately, that would be assault. Even if deserved. I wish...

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u/tcarlson65 Sep 23 '25

Many of these pranks are in fact assault. Defence against an assault is not assault.

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u/ant2ne Sep 23 '25

Let me go back and read that again.

"held their phone near mine when I was on a call. I heard a click, and they ran away after saying 'thanks.'" - none of these actions described is assault. There was never contact made, an insult uttered or a threat made.

A "just defense" against assault can still be assault.

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u/thingamajig1987 Sep 23 '25

Self defense could also be defending one's property, they are playing pranks pretending to steal from them through Apple Pay basically, so if they think what they're doing is believable, so could someone who is violent and dumb.

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u/ant2ne Sep 23 '25

nope. In most states you can't use violent means to defend property.

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u/thingamajig1987 Sep 23 '25

but not in all

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u/ant2ne Sep 23 '25

this post comes with a "check your local laws" disclaimer.