nobody want's the bag... just what may be inside..
the pinning was never about "theft proofing", just about keeping the original "bag-parting-company-during -bumpy-road-travel" at a minimal occurrence... wayy back when it was "common", and reported as an issue..
think of it this way Ted... a destroyed bag "on bike" is insurable... short of a logging chain like BDF uses... (joke), this is the tool you worry about....

bang
open
empty or full...empty now...
done.
leave it parked in public and it won't occur...

I carry a half dozen plastic coated "cable lock" cheapo units with me always, in the trunk, and also a BIG 1/2" x 4 ft lg. MasterLock coated cable lock (which I wrap around the seat, thru the frame, and rear wheel) when overnight parking in Lodgings I stay at.. and while it doesn't sqve my bag... iot makes sure MY BIKE is where I left it when I went to sleep... and also cover the bike with my COG bike cover..(kinda like saying "Nerd bike... nothing here worth stealing...") to remain lower profile. soo far so good, even using the big cable to secure my Aerostich, and helmet to the bike... on HOT days in Hot places..
all this hubbubb about the contents of a bag is moot... if someone rolls your bike away, tosses it in a truck, and you never see it again.. bags? come on.
