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> Losing a smartphone today can have a profound impact on people’s lives.

This is the actual problem. Theft is also a problem, but not all that relevant.

"Tough on crime" doesn't really prevent crime when the incentive to commit it is still probably higher than the disincentive no matter how "tough" and getting caught is still unlikely.

A trivial, but more relatable, example of this line of (criminal) reasoning is that people are more likely to enjoy extreme sports vs a high paying "dangerous job" despite working the job being less lethal, less accident prone, and a much greater net positive.

Anyway the regression is adding unnecessary laws.