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> My front door does not have a picture of my key on it. Yeah, but as every decent locksmith will attest, very-nearly-almost-all door locks can be easily opene
by Osmium 13y ago
> My front door does not have a picture of my key on it.
Yeah, but as every decent locksmith will attest, very-nearly-almost-all door locks can be easily opened with the right tools. Like picking a lock is a specialist skill, so is lifting a fingerprint and making a copy of it. No security is absolute; it's all trade-offs. Making it such that it's not worth your adversary's time to bother.
- hrjet 13y agoYes, but as the same decent locksmith would attest, it would be foolish to have a picture of a key beside the lock, or anywhere in a public place. And that is what happens with a finger-print based secure system; you inadvertently place the imprint of the key on the phone's display as well as public places.
- Osmium 13y agoBut the point is that you don't need a picture of the key beside the lock for a locksmith to break into your house! And, indeed, if there was one it would probably be faster and easier for him to use a lock pick rather than taking the time to cut a new key.