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isaacsapphire:

kontextmaschine:

So before the internet, how did 60s-70s kidnappers even know who rich people’s children were, where they were, and what they looked like? The society pages? Was it more a case of people already in their orbit becoming kidnappers than kidnappers tracking them down?

Rich people have much better basic opsec now because of the shit that happened back then.

Like, you could find out where Charles Lindbergh lived pretty easily, it was front page news he had a baby, and it’s a pretty safe bet that the baby in his house is his baby.

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I suppose that’s one more example of the entire American crime ecosystem shifting significantly and being wild for a few decades before regaining equilibrium, upon the coming of automobiles

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