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This sounds like a theoretical attack more than a real one. Mostly, houses are never broken into at all, and of the houses which are broken into, most burglars

by js2 4y ago

This sounds like a theoretical attack more than a real one. Mostly, houses are never broken into at all, and of the houses which are broken into, most burglars are going to avoid houses with an indication of an alarm, a dog, or someone at home. The burglar who really wants to get into your house enough to carry an axe... I mean, really? Have you made sure they can't disable the siren with a foam fire extinguisher? [1] :-) [1] https://youtu.be/cchdVmuL2fk https://youtu.be/cchdVmuL2fk

WalterBright 4y ago
If you can disable the alarm system with one swing of an axe, why not?
- js2 4y ago
  Because you'd have to carry an axe, and be a smart enough burglar to even think to do,this, when you can just pick a home without an alarm?
  - AdamJacobMuller 4y ago
    Homes with alarms probably have more valuable stuff in them or are in more secluded areas. If it has an alarm, there's probably a reason why.
    - js2 4y ago
      Ah, maybe the reason my home has never been broken into is because I’m the one neighbor without the alarm! They figure I must not have anything worth protecting.
      - WalterBright 4y ago
        Just because the alarm isn't visible doesn't mean it isn't there.
  - WalterBright 4y ago
    Just on NBC News tonight, there was a report of a burglar using a blowtorch to defeat the alarm system.
pixl97 4y ago
In a home it may be 'theoretical' but in businesses with expensive and/or desirable items it is not at all. My dad owned such a business at one point and we armored and concealed the alarm lines. A fake demarc was installed and wired to trip the alarm when it was cut. And it was cut along with the power to the building. The power company lineman had no idea why the burglars avoided death as when they cut the line the bolt cutters grounded to the junction box and it started melting and welding things and would have temporarily blinded the industrious fellow doing the cutting. They managed to only grab a small number of items before the police arrived much sooner than expected. Of course the portly constabulary were unable to chase them through the woods behind our building and they were apprehended weeks later because they were unable to maintain operational security and were talking to their friends too much. With how much people post on the internet these days, you can case a place rather easily these days.
- js2 4y ago
  The comment I was addressing is talking about a home, not a business.
  - pixl97 4y ago
    You're acting like some homes don't have tens to hundreds of thousands of crap in them, especially when you get into the higher income brackets, many of which would frequent a site such as HN.
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by js2 4y ago

WalterBright 4y ago

If you can disable the alarm system with one swing of an axe, why not?

js2 4y ago
Because you'd have to carry an axe, and be a smart enough burglar to even think to do,this, when you can just pick a home without an alarm?
- AdamJacobMuller 4y ago
  Homes with alarms probably have more valuable stuff in them or are in more secluded areas. If it has an alarm, there's probably a reason why.
  - js2 4y ago
    Ah, maybe the reason my home has never been broken into is because I’m the one neighbor without the alarm! They figure I must not have anything worth protecting.
    - WalterBright 4y ago
      Just because the alarm isn't visible doesn't mean it isn't there.
- WalterBright 4y ago
  Just on NBC News tonight, there was a report of a burglar using a blowtorch to defeat the alarm system.

pixl97 4y ago

In a home it may be 'theoretical' but in businesses with expensive and/or desirable items it is not at all. My dad owned such a business at one point and we armored and concealed the alarm lines. A fake demarc was installed and wired to trip the alarm when it was cut. And it was cut along with the power to the building. The power company lineman had no idea why the burglars avoided death as when they cut the line the bolt cutters grounded to the junction box and it started melting and welding things and would have temporarily blinded the industrious fellow doing the cutting. They managed to only grab a small number of items before the police arrived much sooner than expected. Of course the portly constabulary were unable to chase them through the woods behind our building and they were apprehended weeks later because they were unable to maintain operational security and were talking to their friends too much. With how much people post on the internet these days, you can case a place rather easily these days.

js2 4y ago
The comment I was addressing is talking about a home, not a business.
- pixl97 4y ago
  You're acting like some homes don't have tens to hundreds of thousands of crap in them, especially when you get into the higher income brackets, many of which would frequent a site such as HN.
  - deleted 4y ago
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