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Comment by pavel_lishin

18 hours 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.

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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.