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by LeifCarrotson 2215 days ago
The lock on that door is largely circumvented by the fact that the hinges are mounted backwards. The door opens outward, so it could be trivial to lift the hinge pins and pull the door towards oneself.

Hopefully the hinges have security pins.

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> lift the hinge pins and pull the door

That’s a bit of a myth. It won’t work on normal door hinges going back many decades. When the door is closed, the knuckles of the left and right sides of the hinge overlap, so the door won’t slide out even if the hinge pin is removed. You need to swing the door open at least 10-20 degrees to disengage the knuckles. (I wish I found a decent close-up picture of hinges on a closed door to include here.) The easiest way to see this is to walk over to the nearest door and look at the hinges.

I've had a residential condominium door that wouldn't open even if you removed the hinges completely. The door itself had bars on the hinge side, those bars went into holes in the frame when the door closed.