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Aug 27, 2004 at 11:44 AM Post #31 of 45
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How about when you come home with hands full and forget to lock the door. I do this about twice a year and am shocked the next morning going out to discover it's been unlocked all night.


What's even worse than this is going out in the morning to discover you've left all your keys hanging outside in the door lock all night. I do this once or twice per year.
 
Aug 27, 2004 at 12:03 PM Post #32 of 45
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Originally Posted by mbriant
What's even worse than this is going out in the morning to discover you've left all your keys hanging outside in the door lock all night. I do this once or twice per year.


A previous neighbour did that once and I knocked on the door to let her know; she wouldn't open the door until I informed her of the fact her keys were in the lock. We were pals after that with no more suspicious looks.
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Aug 27, 2004 at 2:40 PM Post #33 of 45
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Originally Posted by eyeteeth
How about when you come home with hands full and forget to lock the door. I do this about twice a year and am shocked the next morning going out to discover it's been unlocked all night.


Never happened, never will happen, I have a lifelong habit of paying attention to these things. If I'm awake and around the house the deadbolt isn't locked, but if I have to take a dump or shower I'll lock the deadbolt so I don't get caught with my pants down so to speak. I always check the doorknob and give the door a good push to make sure it's locked & latched into the frame properly and I do the same with windows.
 
Aug 27, 2004 at 8:41 PM Post #34 of 45
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Originally Posted by aerius
if I have to take a dump or shower I'll lock the deadbolt so I don't get caught with my pants down so to speak. I always check the doorknob and give the door a good push to make sure it's locked & latched into the frame properly and I do the same with windows.


Wow! Well you know best for yourself.
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But I would think that that should be the extent and additional measures added in the future could indicate that a line has been crossed maybe IMHO.

Just watching yer back
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Aug 27, 2004 at 8:53 PM Post #35 of 45
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Originally Posted by aerius
Never happened, never will happen, I have a lifelong habit of paying attention to these things. If I'm awake and around the house the deadbolt isn't locked, but if I have to take a dump or shower I'll lock the deadbolt so I don't get caught with my pants down so to speak. I always check the doorknob and give the door a good push to make sure it's locked & latched into the frame properly and I do the same with windows.



LOL, do you put empty beer bottles upside down on your door knob too?

You jinxed yourself now.

I guess that nice thing about a "Keyless" entry is there are no keys to accidentally leave in the door knob by mistake.

-Ed
 
Aug 27, 2004 at 9:00 PM Post #36 of 45
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Originally Posted by Edwood
I guess that nice thing about a "Keyless" entry is there are no keys to accidentally leave in the door knob by mistake.

-Ed


Score one for Keyless!!! Good point.

Damn...I just thought of a counter point, keys are good weapons in the fist when on the street. Sorry Ed.. I meant well.

OK carry both!
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Aug 27, 2004 at 9:13 PM Post #37 of 45
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Originally Posted by aerius
It hasn't, and it isn't, but I'm paranoid by nature and would rather not take chances. There is no real need for bullet resistant windows, it's just that I'd feel better having them and knowing that it would make breaking in that much harder. Of course then we'd have to harden the roof but that's another story...


LOL, if you lived in Los Angeles, you'd never leave the house.

-Ed
 
Aug 27, 2004 at 9:34 PM Post #38 of 45
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Originally Posted by eric343
Well, physical security is both a hobby and a job at the moment, so I should know what I'm talking about
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Ah, didn't know that. That'd be quite an interesting job. Do you do locksmithing, security consulting, or what?

As for reinforced concrete, the only thing I really know about it is for really heavy loads, i.e. floors and whatnot. Not meant to withstand blasting, but meant to handle extremely heavy loads. There was a guy at one of UNL's Engineering Days explaining all about it, and it's quite interesting. Merely by mixing in chopped bits of carbon fiber strands, or even better, drilling out the set concrete and running ropes of it through, the strength of the floor is almost doubled.

And about the combo locks... this page was what I was using. Believe me, I tried this for HOURS, studying every possible thing I could, and doing a whole lot more Googling. Apparently the newer locks are immune to this method.

Yeah, I'd been to security.org before, when /. had the article about Kingston's laptop locks being no good. Never browsed much, though... the book looks great. I'll look into it. Thanks.

(-:Stephonovich:-)
 
Aug 28, 2004 at 12:55 AM Post #39 of 45
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Originally Posted by Stephonovich
Ah, didn't know that. That'd be quite an interesting job. Do you do locksmithing, security consulting, or what?


Research, at the moment. Quote:

And about the combo locks... this page was what I was using. Believe me, I tried this for HOURS, studying every possible thing I could, and doing a whole lot more Googling. Apparently the newer locks are immune to this method.


Well, those Master locks are tough cookies to manipulate. The best way to surreptiously open them is using a shim. ( http://lockpicking.articleinsider.co...shim_sets.html )

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Yeah, I'd been to security.org before, when /. had the article about Kingston's laptop locks being no good. Never browsed much, though... the book looks great. I'll look into it. Thanks.


Heh, when I called Marc after Slashdot posted my writeup, he told me that he'd gotten something like forty thousand hits in a few hours. Ahh, the power of Slashdot
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Aug 28, 2004 at 1:18 AM Post #41 of 45
The only thing I know about RFID / proximity cards is that the cards have been known to have a relatively low lifespan. You'd have to check with the manufacturer to be sure, of course.
 
Aug 28, 2004 at 4:16 AM Post #42 of 45
One thing I know about RFID stuff is that it's fairly easily spoofed. Granted, your average crook won't be able to get into it, but if they had any brains and a few easily obtainable scanners and the like, they could spoof your key quite easily.

Ah, so you were the one who posted that to /., eh? I didn't really pay attention, just read the article. Well, at least the website didn't have a meltdown. I cringe when I see articles going to personal sites. I've come in when stories are brand new, and before the comments hit 10 (at -1), the site's down. Whether from frantic owners shutting down or meltdown, I'm not sure, but it's still annoying. They really ought to implement some sort of mirroring service before posting links. With all the bandwidth OSDN has available, or heck, even a BitTorrent-style system, it wouldn't be all that difficult.

(-:Stephonovich:-)
 
Aug 28, 2004 at 7:48 PM Post #43 of 45
Another possibility, go to www.smarthome.com - call your home on your cellular, and start the heater or airconditioner, coffee, oven, or such, open the garage door,disable the burgalarm, open doors, drapes windows, etc, by entering a numeric sequence. Monitor your home systems - know whether the Burgalarm has been tripped, know internal temperature, your home can call you anywhere in the world to tell you that alarm has been tripped, or you have a flood under your refrigerator, or laundry... and much more. (call and set lighting for "seduction" or "cleaning" - begin play of music, etc...

Get a no code, Technician Ham license, and you can do it from a distance via privately selected frequency and PL code radio - on heavily restricted access frequency short range and private listening coded message. I did this on my home in Ontario, Calif, when flying into private airport - the house would be cool when I got to it, and the dinner would be mostly cooked, the garage would be enabled to hear the door opener code as I drove up, and the gate would open after the garage door closed.

P.S.: Sorry about your wallet AGAIN.
 
Sep 4, 2004 at 6:16 AM Post #44 of 45
Haha, yes. THE biggest check I ever had in my hands was at Escrow.

Didn't want to let go.....
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Anyways, I have the keys, and the condo is officially in my hands. And it looks like the lock is indeed a POS QuikSet. Definitely going to be replacing it.

-Ed
 
Sep 4, 2004 at 8:30 AM Post #45 of 45
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Originally Posted by Edwood
Haha, yes. THE biggest check I ever had in my hands was at Escrow.

Didn't want to let go.....
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Anyways, I have the keys, and the condo is officially in my hands. And it looks like the lock is indeed a POS QuikSet. Definitely going to be replacing it.

-Ed


Congrats!!!
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