Comment by pavel_lishin

1 day ago

Breaking and entering is already illegal, why do people sell locks?

Locks keep the dyslexic realtor from showing my house to people interested in the neighboring property.

  • yeah, but they do nothing to stop a locksmith in a fugue state from rekeying all the bolts to match the neighboring property and vice-versa, and then the realtor can walk right in, and you're locked out!

    so it's better to just leave the door open.

    • You’re proving the other persons point - the reason why the a thief doesn’t trivially pick locks isn’t because of the lock, it’s because it’s illegal and there’s a consequence.

      4 replies →

Like tags, locks are also deliberately encumbered so that locksmiths and law enforcement can easily defeat them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5jzHw3lXCQ

  • Are there people out there who sell locks that aren't purposefully bad?

    • you ask great questions about power! and yes. though you'll generally find the lock isn't the interesting bit, reinforcing the door frame and door and putting pins at the top/bottom and side is how its done.

      otherwise 25 dollars at TSC for a fence post driver will make 95% of residential entryways irrelevant.

  • That video makes no suggestion that the locks have been deliberately sabotaged. The theory in the video is nothing more than that the company is incompetent at making locks.