Two big personal security issues

[Bounce12 407]

Your cell phone is a constant transmitter that anyone can tap in to or trace you with:

 

 

 

Think your house is locked?

 

Think again.

 

A new $150 lock might save you from having to use your S-12:

 

http://www.lockbumping.org/

[MD_Willington 11]

Locks on doors just keep the honest people out.

[scarbrough68289 76]

It takes less than 200 lbs of force to kick in a door...with a deadbolt. You just have to break a piece of wood roughly 3/4" thick. No deadbolt, then why even lock it? I have replaced over 20 doors due to break-ins in the past 4 months and all were kicked in. Even the full glass ones! Not a one was bump keyed. The people with patience enough to actually learn the technique to bump locks are what we call in Richmond,VA "Locksmiths". I bet more here on this forum have been robbed by Pop-a-Lock than have had their locks bumped.

Edited April 12, 2009 by obake

[morganchaser 0]

Cell phone thing was surprising to me that this was possible on the consumer software level.

 

 

If I had to recommend a lock to prevent bumping it would be Evva MCS, Abloy Protec, or Bilock.

 

As a locksmith who knows a decoding/opening technique for most locks in existence, I'll say the MCS is currently the most secure one that is practical to fit to an exterior door(an X-09 isn't very reasonable IMHO).

 

I would stay away from Bilock IMHO.

 

Protec is an awesome lock but currently vulnerable to a wire shim decoding attack that hasn't been resolved by Abloy yet. Will be resolved in the near future I'm sure.

 

All that said: I have a Schlage on my front door. I have truecrypt and a TL-30 safe.

 

Bumping is really over hyped if you ask me. It's idiot proof but noisy. The bump keys are harder to get than you're led to believe, and the merits compared to breaking a window are dubious.