Right tools and skills, which is an important part. Just buying the appropriate pick won’t magically make you able to open a disc detainer lock, but sure, wafer pins locks can literally be opened by randomly sticking a paperclip in it and using a tensioner.
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DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 1 day ago
locks arent useful majority can be broken with the right lockpick. It’s more to prevent someone doing it easy and just opening the door than an actual burglary. This is one of those inventions that prevents opportunistic behaviour
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
sandwichsaregood@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Yeah but the problem is a LOT of common domestic door locks and padlocks are vulnerable to low skill attacks like raking or other simple bypasses. The number of lock makers that cheap out and neglect even basic higher security features is shocking.
DomeGuy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The utility of a lock is that it’s a clear permission barrier. If you don’t have the key and bypass the lock, it’s clear at least to you that you aren’t using a key. Which can be the difference between ordinary trespass and burglary.
TheFogan@programming.dev 1 day ago
2 fronts I’d say.
Also would point out, low knowledge low effort crooks, really 9/10 situations there’s an easier way to get in than the lock. Your house is far more likely to be broken in by someone smashing a window rather than picking a lock.
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You would be surprised at how much opportunity based situations leads to crimes being committed and that opportunities are more important than the crime itself
DomeGuy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
While I certainly don’t want to argue about the wisdom of preventive measures towards petty crime or dangerous outcomes, i think it’s worth knowing that even trivially surpassed barriers can alter what recompense or punishment can be provided from a court of law.
For example: There was a big copyright infringement case against an AI company recently, which ended in a settlement of a few thousand dollars per registered work so infringed. Authors whose work wasn’t registered were not eligible for the same amount, because the law limits how much they can recover if a work’s copyright wasn’t registered.