Break-ins

yes, either that tool or an angle grinder would do the trick on a lock if you want to brute force it... but as lock designs are very old, and we as a people have advanced, many weaknesses have been discovered in standard tumbler locks, I.e. bumping, picking, etc. This can be done with easily obtainable items. I explain this to someone I know who insists on locking their doors every 5 minutes, thinking someone will just walk in, when in reality, the thin weak pressboard doorframes on most modern homes (compared to the aluminum/metal frames, like the one on my old house built in the 50s) would do very little to stop an actual intruder from knocking the door in and busting the deadbolt and latch right out of the frame with a single kick... oh but that false sense of security fools most. this is also the land where people post their most personal information to the public on facebook. I remember my high school years early 2000s, working at a hardware store, we locked the gate at night with a Medeco "high security" padlock. At the time, there were claims it was pick-proof bump-proof and practically bulletproof. We had it seize up locked on the gate after years and years of heat-cold-salt-snow-rain-ice and daily locking and unlocking. they couldn't get a grinder or any other tool on the shackle to cut it off as it had the armoring around the shackle, so they had no choice but to call a locksmith to get it off. Just recently people have figured out how to circumvent these things, WITHOUT brute force, which is scary seeing as these "high security" locks are used to secure various facilities, including places in the white house, pentagon, etc. As said before, locks only keep honest people out... On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 4:07 AM, Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote: