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Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just get a camera you can access any time and face it towards the lock in your home if you want to check if it’s locked or not. All electronic locks are hackable.

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  • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I know, which is why it’s not going to be my primary lock.

    For someone to bypass my locks, instead of breaking a window, a bunch of things have to come about and they’re all “and” statements.

    First, I would have to forget to lock the door, I don’t typically forget, I just get anxiety about it and it can ruin a nice day. With the electric lock I would be content someone can’t just opportunisticly walk in.

    And someone would have to want to get in my house enough to put effort into it. They’re breaking a window at this point regardless of the locks. Or they’re testing a neighbour’s door, with only one lock.

    And they would have to identify that only the electric lock is active.

    And they would have to have the tools/skills to break an electric lock. Along with the skills/tools to break a traditional

    If any of those statements is false, I would be no worse off, or better off, with an electric lock. If they want in, they’re coming through a window.

    I did think about a Yale as an auxiliary lock, but I’ve run up against it’s advantages (read: locking myself out) more than once. Also, if they can bypass the main lock, they can bypass a Yale, I figure, as it’s a similar skillset.

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    • LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      …Not all mechanical locks are equal. I can pick several types myself. I wouldn’t recommend those to anyone either.

      Do whatever you want, I don’t care. A camera facing the door and locking mechanism would work for checking if it is locked from your phone, if you don’t want an electronic lock. This is simply true. Don’t do it if you don’t like the solution.

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      • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        All my locks are bypassable by breaking my window. All locks are pickable, all electronic locks are hackable.

        My locks don’t look any different between “locked” and “unlocked” except by carefully looking down the door jam. It’s just a keyhole in a door. A camera pointed at the door doesn’t solve the problem I am trying to solve.

        Thank you for your input though.

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