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I had a seriously heavy Abus lock on my storage unit. Extremely difficult to pick and hardened but the thief apparently used a diamond circular grinder to just
by unstatusthequo 5y ago
I had a seriously heavy Abus lock on my storage unit. Extremely difficult to pick and hardened but the thief apparently used a diamond circular grinder to just cut the shackle. I still use those locks, and they are solid. But as with anything, it seems if a nefarious actor wants to get in, they will. Just a matter of their resources and time and skill.
- colechristensen 5y agoThis is what all security measures are: raising the bar of time and talent. Nothing beyond this.
- Jach 5y agoPsychology is inherently a part of this. As other commenters upthread mention they calculate things in terms of relative security and "it will take X time to break my lock, but 1/5 or less X time to break the lock next to mine." But that neglects the perceived value of the secured asset. If your bike is worth quite a bit more than the poorly locked bike next to it, it can be worth the extra effort and risk of stealing it. Similarly for storage units, if a thief has unimpeded access to the place and only has time to try one or a handful of units, the unit with the beefy lock probably indicates more valuable stuff inside than the unit with a normal looking lock.