Have you ever got your bike stolen? In this episode we dive into the world of stolen bikes. Who does it and where do the bikes go? We talk with Bryan from Bike Index who investigates this.
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Sources
- https://bikeindex.org
- https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valleys-fanciest-stolen-bikes-trafficked-mastermind-jalisco-mexico/
Attribution
Darknet Diaries is created by Jack Rhysider.
Assembled by Tristan Ledger.
Episode artwork by odibagas.
Mixing by Proximity Sound.
Theme music created by Breakmaster Cylinder. Theme song available for listen and download at bandcamp. Or listen to it on Spotify.
Transcript
JACK: I visited the Facebook campus once. It’s in the Bay Area near San Francisco, California. Yeah, I just showed up unannounced and walked around the place. My friend was with me and he had to pee, so we looked for a way in, but we couldn’t find any way into the buildings. We were just curious what it was like inside, though. But while I was walking around the Facebook campus, I saw a bunch of bicycles painted in the Facebook blue with the Facebook logo on them. Apparently it’s a thing in Silicon Valley that tech giants like Google and Facebook have these bikes around their campus for anyone to use, for when you need to get to a meeting in another building. Just hop on one of the company bikes and take it where you want. It makes it super convenient to get around their large campuses.