…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.
Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 3 hours 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.
LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
The interior of your door cannot be a key lock like that due to code. The camera would be inside your home pointing at it. Most locks indeed have a locking mechanism from the inside that turns by hand, due to code standard.
You can’t actually stop people from breaking in. You can deter them and sue them afterwards for damages if caught. If they really want to, they can hack in a wall with an axe and bypass doors and locks altogether. Dogs, lights, and neighbors work great as deterants. So do cameras. Cameras also help with identifying them and proving a case to insurance. Your homeowner’s/renter’s insurance actually may be affected by an electronic lock vs a mechanical lock, and things like cameras and security systems.
Also, you’re weird af in your responses just fyi