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That prison lock is huuge! And when you think about the fact that this is made to protect against brute force applied by people with essentially no tools, you r
by semi-extrinsic 10y ago
That prison lock is huuge! And when you think about the fact that this is made to protect against brute force applied by people with essentially no tools, you realise how puny ordinary locks are against a determined intruder.
Then again, windows are also ridiculously weak when you think of it like this.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoLocks are sometimes symbolic - "Don't go here!". If somebody does break a lock, then the insurance folks will take that as evidence of forced entry and pay damages (if something was stolen). Some symbolic locks are even make of plastic - like circuit panel tags and locks.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoI'd go as far as saying they're usually symbolic - keeping the honest people honest, as the saying goes.
- Animats 10y agoThere are good door and window locks, but they're more common in areas with worse problems than the US. Israel has some good door locking systems, from Mul-T-Lock and Superlock. The doors look like ordinary residential doors, but they're steel doors in welded steel frames with bolts that extend into the frame at top, bottom, and both sides.