9 Levels of Pickpocketing: Easy to Complex | WIRED - Summary

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In this video, a theatrical pickpocket demonstrates and explains nine levels of pickpocketing complexity, from stealing items on a table to stealing someone's necktie. He shows how he uses different techniques of hiding, misdirection, sensation and timing to execute the steals without being noticed. He also reveals some of the common methods and challenges that pickpockets face in different situations and environments. He ends by saying that he is still learning and hopes to educate the viewers about the world of pickpocketing.

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1. The text is a transcript of a video about pickpocketing in nine levels of complexity.
2. The speaker is Ben Sidman, a theatrical pickpocket and magician who demonstrates different techniques of stealing items from unsuspecting participants.
3. The speaker explains the concepts of shade, mark, chump, painting it red, fanning, tapping the poke, and stall hopping as part of the pickpocketing vocabulary.
4. The speaker performs nine different steals, each with increasing difficulty and invasiveness: the table steal, the outside breast pocket, the ID badge steal, the outside jacket pocket, the smartwatch steal, the traditional watch steal, the pants pocket steal, the inside jacket pocket, and the necktie steal.
5. The speaker also reveals some of the items he stole from other people during the video, such as a credit card, a beard comb, a car key, and a phone that does not belong to him.