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> No, there were days when people did not even lock their cars and their houses That must have been an extremely long time ago: http://www.ancientresource.com/

• sqren 11y ago
  Just because locks have existed for thousands of years doesn't mean they are used everywhere. When I lived on the countryside in Australia we didn't lock the doors. That's not "an extremely long time ago" ;)
  • jakub_h 11y ago
    > When I lived on the countryside in Australia we didn't lock the doors. Well of course you don't; the robbers die while still crossing the perilous deserts and/or trying to avoid lethal wildlife.
• ekianjo 11y ago
  > That must have been an extremely long time ago: http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/roman/romankeys_locks.ht.. http://www.ancientresource.com/lots/roman/romankeys_locks.ht.... Nope. I can tell there are still people alive these days who remember that this was still the case in most places of Western Europe.