If you're smashing around with a big hammer you could just use it on the door, most are woefully insecure
Keybox that's actually secure?
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Don't forget most people have a Ring doorbell that would see anyone walking towards the front door anyway.
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Back in the day wasn’t there advice about not leaving upstairs windows open
Thieves could arrive and climb ladders and enter the house
Back in the day wasn’t there advice about not leaving upstairs windows open
Thieves could arrive and climb ladders and enter the house
My sister lives in one of those expensive gated communities, a free runner/parkour broke in through a neighbour's first floor window. The home owners were downstairs at the time.
Now they can just use a blowlamp to melt the lock off the uPVC door silently.
True, but there have been cases recently where professional toe rags have used WiFi jammers to knock the ring doorbell offline.
With regards to your average crackhead, the doorbell is enough to discourage them.
It more popular in northern areas of the country.
Fair play, I have seen footage of guys walking up the house and then the ring going dark. It is relatively rare though.
In the olden days you needed a orinoco gold wifi card in laptop (running linux) to flood the wifi network. I guess you can now purchase a dedicated device to do something similar.
Again, it is not common place, but it can happen.
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No "most" people do not.
Many have a video doorbell (as other makes than Ring are available)but not most.
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Many years ago, despite them trying to rip my back door to sheds, some scumbags just went around the front and kicked the front door in.
A very common method.
IF you have glass panes in the window the nearest brick or garden tool will be used to remove them so access can be obtained.
These keyboxes are a semi secure method of making a key available to others that know the code.
They are ALL simple enough to break into if you know how, instructions are on Youtube.
Your probably more secure hiding a key under a flower pot that unlocks another lock that unlocks another lock (all in different locations) that gives final access to the key.
Security only keeps out the honest person, the dishonest person WILL gain access when they want.
A very common method.
IF you have glass panes in the window the nearest brick or garden tool will be used to remove them so access can be obtained.
These keyboxes are a semi secure method of making a key available to others that know the code.
They are ALL simple enough to break into if you know how, instructions are on Youtube.
Your probably more secure hiding a key under a flower pot that unlocks another lock that unlocks another lock (all in different locations) that gives final access to the key.
Security only keeps out the honest person, the dishonest person WILL gain access when they want.
No "most" people do not.
Many have a video doorbell (as other makes than Ring are available)but not most.
Ok, if you are going to have a key safe get a ring doorbell.
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