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Comment by westmeal

2 years ago

A lot of hotels I've been to also have a latch you can physically lock the door with which would prevent someone from actually entering, but I bet you may be able to slowly pry that open with a jig of some sort.

It's called a "swing bar". It's easy to open from tho2e outside with some duct tape and a rubber band, unfortunately. Plenty of easy instructions on YouTube.

I assume/hope the newer versions in hotels that are a little l bracket that flips are little harder to get open?

There are tools specifically designed to open these. At best, they make an attempt to break in more conspicuous.