I know that security is a bit of a show and its really more of a deterant, but I was wondering realistically how we could prevent someone breaking and entering a small-ish American home?

  • SlippiHUD@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    7 days ago

    As a locksmith, I can tell you what I tell my paranoid customers. Buying the greatest lock in the world doesn’t do shit if you still have first floor windows.

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      9·
      6 days ago

      I always thought that was funny. Same with cheap, stick-built apartments with only the wood studs and two layers of drywall between them, the hallway, and other units, but tenants massively fortifying only the door.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 days ago

        I always wondered why we don’t read about more robberies like that. In a stick built home, the wall is a weak point. With a modern battery powered reciprocating saw, it would take less than a minute

        • Natanael@infosec.pub
          1·
          5 days ago

          I’ve heard of that happening in context of thieves breaking into stores. Never heard of it used for home robbery

    • toynbee@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 days ago

      I had my windows replaced … Last year, I think? That detail doesn’t really matter.

      I always knew that normal windows negate any attempt at security, but it was still unnerving to visually confirm that they are easily removed, fragile barriers filling what are just holes in my wall.