How do Americans stop pickpockets? The answer is weirder than you think.
High-tech butt plugs.
When you have a nice fat plug up your ass—think gyroscopes, StretchTech™ haptics—then those pesky picks may think twice.
Push notifications alert the user with sounds & vibrations.
Pickpocketing is odd in how it's tolerated by western Europeans
In America, it broaches a boundary that if someone physically grabs something off your person, it's Ready to Rumble and you can beat them senseless (and others will join you) and are right for doing so