SteveBell wrote:
Tim wrote:

Awhile back there was an internet tutorial going around that was a
lesson on "lock bumping", basically a method by which a burglar could
fairly easily defeat most household entry locksets.Someone,perhaps on
another newsgroup posted info on one or more brands that were bump-
proof.Does anybody have info on more secure locksets for household
use? Thanks in advance.

as long as I gotta buy some,might as well get the right ones.

Buy your locksets from a real locksmith. You'll pay about the same
price you would at the big box store, and you'll develop a relationship
with a guy who can come rescue you.

The locksmith will be happy to explain to you that the bumping thing
has been known for years, and that its danger was exaggerated on the
Internet.

Imagine that--something was exaggerated on the Internet. ;-)

I'd wager not one residential burglar in 100 knows the technique. A
high-value commercial target, with hard walls, in an area that offers
privacy at night, might be worth fancy locks, but it is also probably
worth an alarm system. A typical house is more likely to get robbed
during the day, and it usually isn't through the front door anyway- it
is through a sliding door or window around back, or through an unlocked
garage. (Almost nobody bothers to lock the door between kitchen and
garage.)

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