[tarpherder]

How can you know where something is if it is lost?

[lloeki]

Although you may have lost your keys, you may very well be able to know for sure they're somewhere inside your apartment.

[tarpherder]

Unless someone took them from your appartment without you knowing? Which is unfortunate for keys but kinda bad for armaments I suppose.

[Kliment]

I think the implication here is that someone who is not part of the planned custody chain has it, but that someone is still within your organization, and under your control.

[sandworm101]

Paperwork. Miscounting. Bent Spear also covers, imho, incidents where a device is counted twice, where it is on two different inventories. In such a situation there is no suggestion that the device is gone, but at least one of the two lists is inaccurate and therefore 'missing' a device.

[tarpherder]

That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.