Red Green wrote:

"SteveBell" wrote in
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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. ;-)


Yea but shortly after the last rekindled round about bumping on the
Internet I started seeing (or just noticing) lockset pkgs with
anti-bump advertised up front.

Well of course you did. No lock company executive in his right mind is
going to pass up the opportunity to exploit unfounded fears by gouging
the wrongly-informed consumer. If he calmly and logically explained
that bumping is all a bunch of shouting about nothing, how would he
justify his gigantic annual bonus?

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Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX