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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.

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TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
2 fronts I’d say.

Yeah it makes it clear someone breaking in, was doing the effort to conciously get into something that he wasn’t permitted to rather than just, opened the wrong door.

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.
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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

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- 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.
  
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