netflix.decode on Instagram: "- The post shares a 20-second vintage video of the "Net-a-Thief," a 1969 handbag device invented by Colin Brown that launches a spring-loaded net to entangle purse-snatchers, as demonstrated in a staged street robbery. - Contrary to the caption's early 1900s dating, the footage matches British Pathé archives from 1969, highlighting mid-20th-century efforts in non-lethal anti-crime tech that never gained widespread adoption. - Garnering 1.3 million views and 40 repli