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Your points are technically true but effectively vacuous, equally applicable to all possible door locks. Is there someone claiming that just because this lock i
by andrewflnr 4y ago
Your points are technically true but effectively vacuous, equally applicable to all possible door locks. Is there someone claiming that just because this lock is (allegedly) unpickable, it's a complete security solution, so that you felt you had to comment on the importance of other approaches to security?
- csours 4y agoNo, I'm saying that people have an irrational desire for an unpickable lock, perhaps not having considered their security/threat model.
- tptacek 4y agoEveryone interested in lock picking has considered breaking the window. I promise, you're not the first person to think of that, and it doesn't bear repeating in these kinds of conversations.
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- Eji1700 4y agoI think it has narrow applications in government high security areas and some corporate things where covert access can be a catastrophe. Also large datacenters and what not where an unknown physical compromise, while VERY difficult to achieve, could have tremendous repercussions. In 90% of situations a bad actor will probably just use brute force. There is something to be said if this isn't bump-able/pick-able, in that at least you won't have the situation where a potential bad actor gains "covert" access, and so people think they're supposed to be there, as opposed to them kicking down the door, but the number of scenarios where that actually matters is slim.
- throwaway742 4y agoOvert, covert, and surreptitious entry all have their uses.