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When I read that statistic, I was wondering something else: perhaps only 4% of homes are broken into using this method because most locks aren’t vulnerable to t
by stingraycharles 4y ago
When I read that statistic, I was wondering something else: perhaps only 4% of homes are broken into using this method because most locks aren’t vulnerable to these?
- Godel_unicode 4y agoThat’s an interesting hypothesis, but it’s largely not true. If you can buy the lock at a hardware store, it can be picked quite easily. It’s absolutely the case that locks are security theater, or perhaps more charitably they are there to keep honest people honest.
- stacktrust 4y agoThe Schlage B60N deadbolt is widely recommended, widely available, has an ANSI Grade 1 residential rating (resistant to common attacks) and costs less then $50 on Amazon. For another $20, the door strike plate can be reinforced against being kicked in, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32481302 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32481302
- Godel_unicode 4y agoI feel bad, because I was waiting on this response. It’s an ok lock which I have picked a lot of. Don’t rely on it to stop anyone with access to YouTube. Edit: the Schlage connect is in this same category; widely recommended, highly certified, easy to pick. Locks are theater.
- stacktrust 4y agoSchlage B60N is still better than the $330 Level lock, a budget that could be better spent on Assa Abloy, Bilock, Evva, Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, etc.
- Godel_unicode 4y agoIt’s certainly better at providing the psychological safety that you have “a really good lock”, and since that’s what locks are for that’s important. With that said, nobody being stopped by the Schlage but not by the Level. Especially since as you point out the default configuration of the Schlage is trivially bypassable with a boot.
- Spooky23 4y agoNah. Locks mostly suck. Most burglaries are drug addicts busting a door in to grab whatever. The 4% number is a conceit… who are these lock pickers and who are they targeting? My guess, people dropping $300 on a lock.
- lrem 4y agoNot really. Good locks are not vulnerable to a kid that followed a YouTube tutorial. Better locks come with a rating that’s supposed to estimate how much time will a properly equipped professional need to open them. It’s typically single digit minutes. It’s just that every other break-in method is easier.