Imagine not having a lockpick kit on you to just let yourself in
Imagine being locked out of your house because you forgot to bring keys with you.
Like, I’m sorry if you disagree with this, but holy shit, having electric locks on your doors where you can get into your house based off a fingerprint or a code is a fucking game changer.
I have two on my doors, one on the front, one on the back, and I installed them at a week or two apart, so if one of them starts complaining that the battery is low, the other one’s still good. If one of them goes dead while I’m on vacation, the other one’s good.
Plus they still have key locks that I can use if the batteries are completely dead and they can be powered by a 9 volt battery in case I don’t have the key with me.
They’re freaking awesome and I am glad they exist.
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Imagine having keys so you can let yourself in when you forget your lockpick kit.
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah and it makes it pathetically easy to break into your house. Just search online for some of these “security locks using fingerprints”. Its even easier to break into sometimes than a regular shitty lock.
_stranger_@lemmy.world@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Unless you’ve got a steel reinforced frame bolted into the foundation backing your steel reinforced door, a strong leg and a sturdy boot will get through practically anything you can buy at a hardware store, and a crowbar will take care of the rest.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Electronic mechanisms are more prone to people being able to be able to access areas without evidence of tampering using simple scripts from the internet, whereas lockpicking is not employed by most burglars. (And as stated previously, level of commitment is greater when destruction is involved, which deters most.)
Having a noisy break-in also means you are more capable of responding if the need arises.
If all you care about is deterrence, just own a shotgun and have a loud dog at home.
Funwayguy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago To me it’s more like the Kia cars where insurance can easily roll over if a pathetically easy bypass is found. Most people won’t care until houses get cleaned out without evidence of forced entry. Domestic abusers also tend to love persistent access to these things too.
Overall not a fan.
rainwall@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Most analog deadbolts are also pathetically weak and can be bumped or picked quickly with no sign of entry. Electric locks just let people have another avenue as well.
Some electric locks have gone keyless, so they actually invert this. Generally these locks have a way to plug in a USB c cable to power them if the batteries die.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So does me forgetting to lock the door.
I once left my garage doors open all weekend with thousands of dollars of tools in it, along with my motorcycle with the key in it. My garage at the time was quite visible from a very busy street. I got lucky and nothing was stolen. My garage doors are smart now, so that doesn’t happen any more. Sure, someone could hack my home assistant server and open the garage, but that’s way less likely than my continued pattern of forgetfulness.
Based on that logic, my house also has smart locks now that automatically lock when I leave. I will say that they aren’t cheapo who-knows fingerprint locks, they’re made by a real company and just have a keypad with a lengthy 10 digit entry code.
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You know what a security theatre is? Thats a fingerprint lock.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m not sure what that has to do with my comment. I don’t have a fingerprint lock.
n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago It’s really easy, don’t lock your doors
bizarroland@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hey, Officer, I’m gonna need you to get a warrant to check this guy’s house for stolen goods.
- n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It took me way too long to figure out what you were saying.
bizarroland@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hopefully it came across as good-natured ribbing and not me being an asshole.
mrmisses@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can’t pick yourself out of the house with a dead bolt, they require the key to lock
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But you can lock the handle and leave without keys.
You can leave the handle unlocked, and just use the deadbolt this way.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
This is how I have locked my house for the last like 100 years without a smart deadbolt.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
You can also leave without a key and then your roommate also leaves and locks the door.