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by IshKebab 1772 days ago
> The security provided by most door locks is completely illusory. You can break into most homes very easily. Most people have unsecured windows on the ground floor.

Maybe in America but that's definitely not true in the UK. Modern windows, doors and locks are really quite secure. It's definitely not completely illusory security.

If you watch LPL's videos many smart locks are designed with very little consideration for physical security. Exploits are often as easy as drilling a hole in a zinc casting and pressing a reset button, or even just removing screws.

That's way easier than drilling or snapping a lock with drill/snap protection or trying to lever open a composite door with multipoint locking, or even breaking through a toughened glass window, all of which my house has (and it's not at all an outlier).