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To be perfectly honest, I'm amazed how bad physical security is in the residential and even commercial US space. E.g. just the fact that deadlatches, which rely
by formerly_proven 5y ago
To be perfectly honest, I'm amazed how bad physical security is in the residential and even commercial US space. E.g. just the fact that deadlatches, which rely on precise alignment of door and frame to actually be locked, are a thing is amazing. The Euro-stuff has some other issues (cylinder snapping), but at least the bolt-for-locking is literally just a 8x40 mm bolt that goes into the doorframe. I've also never even seen a flat doorframe profile - not even bathroom stalls have them. Manipulating stuff on the other side becomes pretty easy if there's a 9.3/64" gap between door and frame.
- codezero 5y agoAnd yet, I would bet money that thefts in the US rarely are from lock manipulation (picking, drilling, but maybe brute force eg door frame). We have too many accessible windows in the US, and a lot lower density, maybe this is why Euro locks are more advanced, but regulation is also a factor, we don’t have it here, at least in residential, which makes me wonder if we need it (I assume our insurance system effectively covers the risk)
- formerly_proven 5y agoMost of what I wrote is not about lock manipulation.